Mould gel coat - it set before I could apply the putty


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If its our green goo and putty then sand back like Matthieu said.  It can help to add another thin layer of epoxy gel or even epoxy laminating resin as a coupling coat. 

If it hasnt gone fully hard, just lost its tack, then you can normally get away with just another thin layer of epoxy as above.

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Hmm. The epoxy gelcoats that I use HAVE to be reinforced during the tacky stage, if you let it dry nothing will bond to it and it needs to be scraped off the mould. I Iran get away with it with my polyester gelcoats, but not the epoxies. But I use Airtech stuff, the EC stuff may be more forgiving? 
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Thank you for the replies guys.

This is an epoxy gel.
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Is this epoxy or polyester? 
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you can brush on some acetone with a cloth or so to make it a bit tacky again... otherwise sand it with a heavy 80grid sandpaper to create a good bond again.
maybe other members have other tricks.

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Hi,

I prepared and coated the original part with gel coat but got called away before getting to apply the putty at the tacky stage.  The gel coat has now gone hard.

Is there anything I can do to make the gel coat and putty now bond?

Thank you very much,

Nick
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