By atlantis - 1/30/2021 10:42:06 PM
While making my first mould I ran into the problem that the gelcoat was repelled so much from the Easy-Lease-covered surface that it was very hard to get the whole surface covered, once painted on the gelcoat would slowly develop bigger and bigger holes and basically pool in the lowest spot, even though that it wasn't thin at all. It took about three applications to get acceptable coverage that was still very thin in some places. I knew that it wasn't tooling gelcoat, I couldn't afford to order any right now, so I used an epoxy gelcoat that I had. Basically I guess that it just wasn't a suitable product for this application, but can I be sure that once I get a proper tooling gelcoat for future projects it will not sport the same behaviour?
Kind regards
Martin
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By jeffrey bres - 2/22/2021 9:59:30 PM
I had the same isseu with easylease. I am using the (i believe ec50 gelcoat) clear gelcoat for epoxy from easy composites. I called there helpdesk and they gave me a perfect solution for my workpieces.
I was told to add 1 thee spoon of fumed silica each 100ml of gelcoat.
I do 1.5 to 100ml now. Mix it up 1 day before you use it.
(Without the mekp)
This makes it more thixotrope and stays in place 100x better. It was allmost perfect on the first go when i added the silica. And you hardly see it. (Dont over do it.. it will get cloudy when added to much)
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