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dry-paint remain on fiberglass mold

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By ana - 10/10/2020 5:02:26 PM

hi
I am using a fiberglass mold. and I apply Gelcoat with paint on it. but after several time surface of the mold is matt and is not glossy and someplace when I watch the surface of the mold I can see some Gelcoat and paint cured on the surface mold. please help me how can I remove it?
in this area when I apply again new gel coat and paint it become matt and final products in some area is matt.

please let me know how can I clean the surface of the mold?
before I used some kind of acid and also acetone but nothing happened.

tanks so much
By Warren (Staff) - 10/12/2020 12:07:38 PM

If mould cleaner or similar does not clean it off, then you may need to lightly sand the surface to restore smoothness then polish it back to a high gloss before starting afresh with release agents.