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Re: Material: working with Gel Coat
By:Bryan Hansel
Date: 5/12/2008, 7:06 pm
In Response To: Re: Material: working with Gel Coat (Bill Hamm)

: 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.

Knowing Roy, he probably has some kind of mold that this is going to be sprayed into. If not, why not a black marine paint with metal flake?

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