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Mold-side of my parts comes out Cloudy every time.

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By DHC - 6/15/2014 5:18:17 AM

http://imgur.com/a/Riqeo

This is not Infused/Vacuum bagged, merely painted on. A base coat of resin is painted into the mold and allowed to go to tack, and then the fabric is layed and covered in more resin. I am just starting out playing with this stuff which is why I'm not infusing yet. (Although, I do have a pump and all of the consumables, so I may try it and see if that helps at all.)

Both the Mold and The part are sanded with 400-2000 wet/dry sand paper. 
Silmar-249 resin used
Mold release wax and PVA paste used.

Not sure what is going on.

Thanks
By FLD - 6/23/2014 1:41:29 PM

I polish my parts with a big machine polisher, not a dremel.  I finish with 2k lacquer, flat with wet 1200 (yes 1200!!) and then polish with G6 followed by G3 and then G10.  Most of the shine comes from the G6.