So I have been attempting to make a false floor for a while, and I can't seem to get a good fit by trying to trace lines on cardboard and using it as a template... I was just wondering if I were to lay plastic down and spread body filler over it if that would dry and give me a good template... Tried searching but couldnt think of all the possible ways to word it and how I did word it came up with nothing. Thanks
It would likely crack
Have you tried making a bunch of cardboard "puzzle pieces," making them fit snug to the sides and then taping them together?
i dont think the filler idea will work. and it would be a roughly $40 try at making a template.
i have a GP for the templates going on.
otherwise, piece one together with cardboard. thats how i make all my templates. takes a while, but theres no real easy way to do it
Yeah, I saw the gp, are you going to run a gp templates for the set up you have going on in there now? I think that looks sweet and I was waiting to see that... I wanted to do something like the subs firing up from the floor and having a cut out for the amp and cap with plexiglass over and some red neons or cathodes.
the GP is for either style of false floor. i have yet to list the pricing for the new one i created, as i havent really thought about it, lo..
shoot me a PM and we can work something out.
I will deff. shoot you a pm when I am ready to start working on it more, just bought a kit and hood so I have been short on funds right now, plus I am thinking about taking my car to garage to get a problem I have had fixed, as I can't seem to figure it out.
k, well just let me know if u need anything. id be glad to help where i can
Not sure if this will help but i just finished mine and it turned out great, I used tig wire and followed the contour of the plastic, then traced that unto cardboard and went from there. no pics at the moment or i would show you how it came out. but really if you are havin trouble i would just advise you too buy the templete off of eazy716. the price is right and it will save you a ton of time.
I think I might have a solution..... I haven't tried this but it should work. I would definitely try this on a small scale before I tried a whole trunk, like one corner... If everything is removed and the area your trying to get the shape out of is smooth, like no carpet. You could use plastic to line around all of the area your going to shape. I use Glad press-n-seal sandwich wraps on tanks some times when I paint them as a mask. You could line the inner area so that it was covered, but no all wrinkled. Take some expanding foam, like electricians use to seal holes, and spray around the corners of your shape. I would just lay it around the outline of the body, not any in the center. Spray the area you are trying to make a mold of and let it dry. Once it's dry you would basically have a horseshoe or u shape with the exact mold of the inside of your body. Take a long thin blade and cut the horse in two in the center. If the plastic is everywhere and the foam has not touched any of the body, it should seperate away. The foam is pretty porous, especially some of them with higher expansion rates. I would gun for the lowest expansion rate I could... be less air bubbles. Once you got the two pieces out, put it back together. Shave it down to the height you want you floor to be and use the outer edge as a templete. If I was going to use wood, lay your horseshoe upside down on the wood and make sure it will not move, put some light objects on it.... take a can of rattlecan paint and shoot around the where the foam meets your wood... presto... instant templete. Depending on how careful you are and how good a templete the foam produces... it should have very close tolerances. I have not tried this, but in theory.... it should work. If this is not what your thinking about... then nevermind this then.... Just a thought.
The world is a beautiful place.... but I wouldn't want to paint it.
Oh, I forgot to add... this stuff is extremely sticky. If it gets on cloth... it's there. If it gets on your skin, it takes some serious scrubbin' to get off. On the horseshoe part or the center piece that you omit out of the templete before you spray.... might want to build a small walled box to keep the foam sorta pushed against the walls. You can mold and work the stuff for a short time span... but it will become a hard "Shell" like a egg after a while... the center or against the wall, basicaly anywhere it doesn't have air to react with, will stay soft for a while. Let it set for the time the can says... don't be impatient. Try something small first..
The world is a beautiful place.... but I wouldn't want to paint it.
