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Injection Mold Release or ??

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Injection Mold Release or ??
Posted by Mopar Madness on Thursday, May 14, 2020 4:16 PM

Hello friends. Need your opinion. Do you think this is an accumulation of mold release agent or possibly oil in the plastic that is percolating to the surface?  It's from a new tool 1/32 Revelll Fw190 A-8 Nachtjager.  No other sprues or parts had this slick goo on them, but I gave everything a warm soapy bath just in case.  The part cleaned up well but could there be a chance of more goo percilating to the surface? I've honestly never seen anything quite like this before. 

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Posted by midnightprowler on Friday, May 15, 2020 9:34 AM

Look to me like a unusual pooling of mold release agent. You said it washed off. Look at it again in a day or two. If it's still clean you should be good.

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Posted by Mopar Madness on Friday, May 15, 2020 11:46 AM

Something else I noticed was the plastic along the sidewall of the cockpit tub flaked off when I scraped it with my blade.  Almost like it didn't cure properly.  I reached out to Revell but they're not sending spares right now.  I'll make due I guess.

 

Chad

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