Equipment for applying gelcoat

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67redrocket	67redrocket posted 10 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 49, Visits: 486	I see that the GC50 is used before laying up the carbon on high gloss parts. But what do you use to apply it? I think the easy composites gelcoat spraying cup gun is a bit expensive, is there other ways to apply it and still get a high gloss result? Can for example a plastic spray bottle be used? For those that use the spray cup gun, how do you clean it after use?
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Inkatreker	Inkatreker posted 9 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 5, Visits: 43	Hello Hanaldo, I'm in Peru. Here is even very difficult to find epoxy resin. So I'm trying to use some kind of replacement somewhere, since it can't be shipped from the UK. I'd like to make a car bonnet, so I've a whole infusion kit. However, as first project I'd like to try smaller pieces but with the same high gloss finish as the bonnet project, so I can feel more confident that I can succes with the bonnet project using carbon fiber. I'm trying to find an epoxy resin with similar features as the easy composites epoxi resin one. That's why I ask for using the same epoxy infusion resin to spray in the mould in order to get a beautiful high gloss finish as the one showed in the tutorial video. Obviously, I'll never find Scott Bader Crystic Glosscoat or Duratec Sunshield. Any advice about how to be successful in this project and the next ones? Thanks.
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