Hello everyone,

I just made my first molds and attempted my first infusion which failed miserably due to an airleak. I probably should have removed the wet fabric and cleaned the resin from the mold immediately, but I didn’t. Now I have a layer of resin that has attached itself to the mold surface and has cured. For whatever reason, this resin won’t release from the gel coat. Is there a way to remove it? Or am I looking at either sanding it off and repolishing it/ tossing it and rebuilding the entire mold?

The mold was made from fiberglass and polyester resin & polyester gelcoat.

The mold release was multiple coats of Mequires mirror glaze #8 paste wax AND a thorough coating of pva.

The resin system was an epoxy infusion resin from a dealer in the USA.

Learning lots here and I look forward to your collective thoughts!