Here was my condensed checklist, minus vac supplies.
Tools needed:
-Good high CFM compressor with a good air dryer, filter.
-Gelcoat Cupgun
-HVLP gun for PVA
-Radius'ing tools
-A few kick ass sanders, Random Orbial, Detail, I also bought a $300 Fein MM.
-Air grinder
-Box of every grit sandpaper between 36-1500
-8" Buffer/polisher
-A room you can completely trash with resin, gelcoat, glass, and that will stink for 6months+, I would never do this in an attached garage!
-Figure about 10-12gallons of tooling resin depending how carried away you get. Your buying 15gallons, being they come in 5gal buckets.
-1/3-1/2 roll of chopmat
-2 gallons of duratec or similiar surface primer (I used 3)
-1/2 Gallon of PVA
-5-7gallons of bondo
-1 gallon of 2part foam
-Couple sheets of divinycell for flangling ($$$)
-Bucket of polishing compound
-2 containers of release wax
-2lbs of molding clay
-5-10boxes of nitrile gloves, $hitton of mixing cups, chip brushes, measuring containers, ect. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE the consumable costs. This easy goes into the $100's of dollars.
-Many gallons of acetone (Not cheap after the 4th or 5th trip to lowes)
-Atleast one $100+ full face organic vapor N100 rated mask.
I am missing stuff, but you get the idea. Its VERY expense to do right. Not trying to discourage, just know what your getting involved in...lol Then vacuum bagging has a ton of other material costs involved
Making the mold is actually the easy part. Making your plug PERFECT is the hardest part that takes 500x longer then the mold.
