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RyanParle
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I am about to start a 2 piece mould and would like to know if there is a maximum time between applying the Tooling Gelcoat & Coupling Coat?
I hope to apply the Tooling Gelcoat tomorrow (Tuesday) and then on Friday apply the Coupling Coat, followed by the Tooling Resin. Will this be OK?
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Maximum time between Uni-Mould Tooling Gelcoat & Uni-Mould Coupling Coat
RyanParle
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8 Years Ago
Ideally not. Ideally you would apply the coupling coat at the 'tack-free' stage, so after 2-4 hours...
Hanaldo
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8 Years Ago
Thanks Hanaldo. It took me quite a bit longer to add the barriers to my pattern, so I didn't have...
RyanParle
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8 Years Ago
It's not as much of a problem to not do the main reinforcement within the 'window' of the skin coat....
Hanaldo
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8 Years Ago
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