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Regelcoating the cockpit deck.
- Thread starter Cutty Sark
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Levitation
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Gelcoat requires an activator... Activate it with plain old MEK from Home Depot, etc. at 2% ratio to the gelcoat.. I use 8 drops to the ounce, it works for me [shrug]...
denny-o
denny-o
Cutty Sark
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Peter,
I'm sure we'll bump into each other out there. I still have a couple more things to do too but all the major projects are done.
Sark
I'm sure we'll bump into each other out there. I still have a couple more things to do too but all the major projects are done.
Sark
Cutty Sark
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lloyds.
On the first coat I used laminating gelcoat which will cure to a tacky surface. It will cure hard if you completly cover it with a plastic film or wax. But I wanted it tacky so it would chemically bond with the second coat. I let that dry overnight,then the next day I used the gelcaot Cdory gave me which is a finishing gelcoat(has wax or patching agent mixed in already) and mixed up some more to match, then mixed them together to insure uniform color,after that I mixed a little (less than 8 percent Id guess) acetone in the gelcoat to thin it, so it wouldn't just completely cover the nonskid, and went and rolled it on. As long as you finish with the finishing gelcoat you will get a nice hard cured surface.
Sark
On the first coat I used laminating gelcoat which will cure to a tacky surface. It will cure hard if you completly cover it with a plastic film or wax. But I wanted it tacky so it would chemically bond with the second coat. I let that dry overnight,then the next day I used the gelcaot Cdory gave me which is a finishing gelcoat(has wax or patching agent mixed in already) and mixed up some more to match, then mixed them together to insure uniform color,after that I mixed a little (less than 8 percent Id guess) acetone in the gelcoat to thin it, so it wouldn't just completely cover the nonskid, and went and rolled it on. As long as you finish with the finishing gelcoat you will get a nice hard cured surface.
Sark
Cutty Sark
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Thanks for the comments. I went with acetone, as thats what the finishing gelcoat said to thin it with on the label, up to 15% If I remember right. Seemed to work welll, and cured to a nice hard finish.
Sark
Sark