Look what happened to the gel coat :(


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Jess8bit
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Apparently this occured during the shipping but the package was ok and I suspect others reasons :

- Could it be due to the fact I left the gel coat (EC GC50) cure too long (more than 24hrs), causing delamination ?

- Or would it be because of the GC50 thickness (but does not seem too thick for me) ?

any other clue ?

feel bad right now Unsure 
frustrated cause the part was ok when I sent it.
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Ok, I've just finished a new GC round in my mold, triyig to make it thinner, we'll see... Making it thinner, I'm always afraid to miss surface spots (it happened one time, in a quadran of my mould I had only drops of GC, not all of the surface was sprayed with a clean layer; Had to make a second pass once cured.... Sad I know...).

I'm thinking, could the heating action of the polishing wheel make the structure weaker ? I've noticed it soften the part, which harden back when cooling down, but could this have incidence ?
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