Preventing Polyester Tooling Gelcoat From Ruining This Part?


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Hey guys,
  Can anyone tell me how I would go about prepping this plastic fork guard from my motorcycle without the polyester tooling gel coat ruining the piece?  Painting it is not an option.

  Would I just layer the pva thick on the part since I'm not sure if mold release wax will work?

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I would PVA it.  You need an effective barrier that can be applied without the solvent attacking the plastic.  I often spray PVA on an unwaxed plug and then apply one coat of wax onto the PVA.  Sounds wrong but the PVA really protects the parts and the wax on top makes the mould fall off.  Make sure you get a good coat of PVA though.  I use the blue stuff and apply a good few dust coats before a few full film coats.  The finished plug has a good blue finish so I'm sure its safe.
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