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GC50 gel coat flaking off

GC50 gel coat flaking off

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Daz	Daz posted 5 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 93, Visits: 651	Why is this happening . I used pro finish carbon Sprayed the mold with the gc50 Left over night to cure !!! what can I do to rectify the delaminaton problem Edited 5 Years Ago by Daz
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Daz	Daz posted 5 Years Ago ANSWER Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 93, Visits: 651	This isn’t a pre release problem It’s flaking off the bonnet
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GC50 gel coat flaking off

Daz - 5 Years Ago

Morning , I've used GC50 before and had pre release problems , the only way I found to get over it was spraying a really dusty coat of gel coat in the mould , really dry and dusty . If applied in a.....

Big Tee Racing - 5 Years Ago

This isn’t a pre release problem It’s flaking off the bonnet

Daz - 5 Years Ago

Sounds like it is a issue with the bond between the epoxy and the GC50. What sort of MEKP did you use? Also I presume you only used one coating of the gel?

Warren (Staff) - 5 Years Ago

Hi Warren , Bought all the stuff from easycomposites last week Yes one coating of gel Left to cure I’ve had to strip the lot of it off today and 2k clear coat it Def won’t use the gel coat again...

Daz - 5 Years Ago

The only times I've ever experienced any de-lamination issues with GC50 is either when it or the epoxy has cured in quite cold conditions (i.e. if left overnight in a garage) or if I might have used ...

MarkMK - 5 Years Ago

You should be able to load pictures through the insert function on the post message box. As already said it could be a temperature issue. Most resins can be temperature sensitive. It sounds like it....

Warren (Staff) - 5 Years Ago

Cheers warren Ive da’d it all off now and clearcoatedI did use spray tak and it was left over night in the garage but I don’t know what the temp went down to 🤔

Daz - 5 Years Ago

Round my way in the Midlands its about 10C at its coldest so if similar for you that won't have been ideal and may be a factor causing the delam.

Warren (Staff) - 5 Years Ago

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