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Broken Through The Gloss Coat

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robenergy	robenergy posted 5 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 20, Visits: 216	Hi Peeps, Hoping somebody can help. I did have a search to see if this has been asked before but didn't find anything, so here goes. I've just used a spray gun to put down crystics primer coats and topped off with their gloss coat, which went better than my first attempt. But I got really bad/deep orange peel and its been a bit of a pig to get out, so much so I've ended up breaking through the gloss coat to the primer coat beneath. My question is, can I get away with making my mold (its can bonnet) as normal and then just polish the mold in the affected areas and save it like that, or should I just bite the bullet and spray another coat of gloss and polish it again? Thx in advance, Rob
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Hanaldo	Hanaldo posted 5 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 2.5K, Visits: 28K	You can mould off Crystic Primecoat no problem, so it should be fine. The Primecoat polishes up reasonably well too, so it shouldn't take much to polish out the difference between the two surfaces in the gelcoat.
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robenergy	robenergy posted 5 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 20, Visits: 216	+x Hanaldo - 9/13/2019 1:51:40 AM You can mould off Crystic Primecoat no problem, so it should be fine. The Primecoat polishes up reasonably well too, so it shouldn't take much to polish out the difference between the two surfaces in the gelcoat. Yeeees Hanaldo,, how you doing? Thank you for your words of wisdom and putting my mind to rest! My issue now is, I've just put modeling clay in all the crevecies i dont want gelcoat and got oily finger prints everywhere,, now do i need to wipe the surface with acetone to degrease and polish again, or can i just wipe it down with a clean microfibre cloth and carry on??
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robenergy	robenergy posted 5 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 20, Visits: 216	+x robenergy - 9/16/2019 4:59:38 AM +x Hanaldo - 9/13/2019 1:51:40 AM You can mould off Crystic Primecoat no problem, so it should be fine. The Primecoat polishes up reasonably well too, so it shouldn't take much to polish out the difference between the two surfaces in the gelcoat. Yeeees Hanaldo,, how you doing? Thank you for your words of wisdom and putting my mind to rest! My issue now is, I've just put modeling clay in all the crevecies i dont want gelcoat and got oily finger prints everywhere,, now do i need to wipe the surface with acetone to degrease and polish again, or can i just wipe it down with a clean microfibre cloth and carry on?? Sooo, turns out absolutely no issues where I broke through the gloss coat... But big issues where the clay and corrigated plastic I used around the edge came away and gelcoat got in where I didn't want it..!.. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.. It's all a learning curve.. I'll nail it next time!!!... But first I'm building a makeshift spray booth and hopefully eliminate some problems I had last time!!!
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