can gelcoat over cure?

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James66	James66 posted 12 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 10, Visits: 99	Hi last week I was making a mould but on had to go away very unexpectedly without finishing the mould, tooling gelcoat had gone in wednesday + has been left till now, can it over cure rendering it useless or will I be ok laying up coupling coat + reinforcement as usual? Thanks
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Warren (Staff)	Warren (Staff) posted 12 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Administrators Posts: 2.5K, Visits: 8.5K	You are best doing it within a reasonable time, usually within a day. This ensures there is proper cross linking. You can rough up the surface of the gel and work from there and hopefully you will be ok. Warren Penalver Easy Composites / Carbon Mods - Technical Support Assistant
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carboncactus	carboncactus posted 12 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 243, Visits: 1K	Addint ot what Warren said, if its not tacky at all, give it a very light wipe with some acetone, it will be slightly tacky again for a briem period, enough to lay another coat on.
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James66	James66 posted 12 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 10, Visits: 99	Hi guys Sorry I didnt update mod came out absolutely fine, thanks for the help + advice, it may well have saved it james
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