Silicone for moulding non skid yacht deck?


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I need to take a mould from a grp non skid surface on a boat so I can match it on an area I'm repairing. Is your silicone suitable for this or would I be better finding a thicker putty type silicone? If it will work, what sort sort of thickness would I have to make it?
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I have carried out just such a repair or rather I have had to let in a 2 ft section of deck where the shroud plate pulled out in a dismasting incident. I made a splash mould and new deck section but I wanted to cover the joins with a thin moulded gel. I made a mould with condensation cure silicone from E.C. It is about 8mm thick. 
It works a treat in transferring the non slip texture onto a thin layer of rolled gel.    The problem I am having is that the gel will not cure fully and remains slightly tacky and soon becomes grey with dust etc.  I have tried adding 2% wax in styrene , heat ,fillers  everything I can think of but nothing has worked so far. I guess it is just too thin to properly cure. 
I am sorry to answer you with a problem of my own but the moulding bit works well and maybe onto a thicker gel and possibly vacuum it is a good way to go.
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