After demould the surface has areas that are definitely not right. There are patches where the gel's bronken and some that are quite translucent, despite having a couple of coats and being pigmented black
I'm quite confident that I've not made any basic errors in application that might have led to the issues with the gelcoat finish so I think I'll the best approach might be to send the remainder of the can back so that you guys can have a look to see if it is as you'd expect. I have a feeling, though, that this particular can might not have been filled quite right, given the viscosity of the contents