Hazy GC50


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wochi
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Hi all,



i finished my first part today using GC50 gel coat. Poblem is that the part got hazy and on an yellowish side.
What could be the problem? I sprayed the mould with gel coat spraying gun, let it cure for about 4 hours (25º over here) and then epoxy infused. Into the oven, cured at 50º for 8h.
The primarly objective was to fill the pinholes that i allways get no matter how perfect is the insfusion, and that resulted very well! But when i look at the part compared with other with no gel coat is very noticable the difference. The yellow tone i can understand as beeing a polyester gel coat. But the haze is a big problem.
Any ideas for the cause of this?

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I'm confident it will be moisture related. You can't necessarily rule out moisture being a problem because you have another type of coating that works fine; different chemicals react differently. I find polyester based coatings are especially sensitive to moisture. Hazy coatings are generally always a sign of humidity being too high for spraying, what is the humidity at the moment where you are? Also don't rule out moisture in the lines, I've gone through 3 different brands of filters before I found one that worked, and that's with a water trap in the line. Gotta empty the water trap every time before spraying, compressed air results in a fair bit of condensation. 



Otherwise, I've seen haziness caused by a couple of other things too. Using a syringe with a rubber plunger to measure out your catalyst is a big one, the MEKP attacks the rubber and contaminates your coating. 

Post some pictures if you can, always makes playing e-Doctor a bit easier! 
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