Hazy GC50


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wochi
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Hi all,



i finished my first part today using GC50 gel coat. Poblem is that the part got hazy and on an yellowish side.
What could be the problem? I sprayed the mould with gel coat spraying gun, let it cure for about 4 hours (25º over here) and then epoxy infused. Into the oven, cured at 50º for 8h.
The primarly objective was to fill the pinholes that i allways get no matter how perfect is the insfusion, and that resulted very well! But when i look at the part compared with other with no gel coat is very noticable the difference. The yellow tone i can understand as beeing a polyester gel coat. But the haze is a big problem.
Any ideas for the cause of this?

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Hanaldo
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Gelcoat doesn't ACTUALLY fix the pinholes though, they are still there underneath the gelcoat. And quite often, the part comes out of the mould nice and perfect and everyone is happy, but once the part has been in use for awhile or sees some heat cycles or strangely enough just exists for a bit of time, the gelcoat can start to blister away at the pinholes as they are unsupported voids. So down the track, you can end up with a part that is full of pinholes again. 

This is why I say it's better to fix the actual issue, as there must be one. 
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