Gelcoat vs clearcoat

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Lightning	Lightning posted 12 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 4, Visits: 46	From what I've been reading gel-coating and clear coating achieve pretty much the same thing. Is there any advantage of one over the other? Also for gel-coating will a regular spray gun do the trick or is it necessary to use a gel cup gun? Thanks!
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Matthieu Libeert	Matthieu Libeert posted 12 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 955, Visits: 3.4K	you HAVE to use a special spraygun for gelcoat the difference is the thickness... a gelcoat is a layer of resin you put down into the mould before doing your lay-up. Clearcoat is a very thin layer of varnish you put onto your part after demoulding mostly. A part with clearcoat will give you more space for errors of the part; you can sand it a bit before getting into the fibers to remove scratches or small errors Matthieu Libeert Founder MAT2 Composites X Sports website: www.mat2composites.com
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Thanks a bunch! :w00t: I'll pick the gel coat route for ease.

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