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Re: Material: working with Gel Coat
By:Don Lucas
Date: 5/12/2008, 9:49 am
In Response To: Re: Material: working with Gel Coat (Bill Hamm)

: Couple things, epoxy gel coat is not easy to find, most is polyester and
: polyester doesn't stick to epoxy well.

: Secondly gelcoat is designed to go into a mold, it obtains it's nice smooth
: surface from the mold. It was never intended to be applied to a surface
: externally. It can be done, but it comes out as a fairly rough surface
: that has to be sanded smooth then polished to get a nice flat smooth
: surface. Suspect that won't work with the idea you have.

: Bill H.

You also have to spray it with a special wax sealer, a pain. I would check with West Epoxy for some thing better than gel coats. I did gel coat repairs in the 70's and hated it.
Don

Messages In This Thread

Material: working with Gel Coat
Roy -- 5/11/2008, 5:17 pm
Re: Material: working with Gel Coat
Bill Hamm -- 5/12/2008, 1:14 am
Re: Material: working with Gel Coat
Bryan Hansel -- 5/12/2008, 7:06 pm
Re: Material: working with Gel Coat
Don Lucas -- 5/12/2008, 9:49 am