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Hi, my gelcoat is almost over and Easycomposites is not shipping until jan.
Is it possible to make a do-it-yourself gelcoat?
How?

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mporta71 - 5 Years Ago
     Anyone?
mporta71 - 5 Years Ago
     It is possible, but you need the right blend of additives. You can make do with just cab-o-sil (fumed silica), but it doesn't really make a gelcoat.
Hanaldo - 5 Years Ago
             Do you have a list of such additives? Epoxy tooling gelcoat, besides the fact the I am out of stock at the moment, is really expensive and sometimes I need something for a one off mould that will be....
mporta71 - 4 Years Ago
     Fumed silica is virtually essential to make a thixotropic paste. Calcium carbonate will increase the hardness and gloss retention. Graphite powder will give you a nice slick dark grey/black surface.....
Hanaldo - 4 Years Ago
             Thanks, very kind as usual. I agree,.this is sort of "emergency" because in this Xmas time most warehouse are closed. I had on order the gelcoat from Ec but brexit stepped in.
mporta71 - 4 Years Ago

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