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It's even smaller than pin head.
-I was trying to repair but I think it's too small for gelcoat to stick. After sanding down it getting exposed again
-Make it bigger for gelcoat to stick ?
-or is it small enough to be sanded from the part after infiusion?
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Pin hole in gelcoat-what to do?
Classicarbon
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5 Years Ago
As it will create an upstand in the finished part and you are planning to sand anyway I, personally, wouldn't worry about it. But I sand and paint all my carbon anyway :-)
Steve Broad
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5 Years Ago
I wouldn't risk using it without filling it to some extent. The void underneath the gelcoat is likely bigger than the pinhole on the surface, so when that fills with resin it will create a mechanical...
Hanaldo
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5 Years Ago
Won't be better to make it bigger so gelcoat will get it there better? But from other hand I have slight concave on that surface and might get flatten after to much sanding in one place.Hmmm
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