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Epoxy tooling gelcoat - use with polyester resin?
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Christian_83
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Hi Guys.
Got some Epoxy tooling gelcoat for some small molds. I also bought some polyester resin and chopped mat.
Will the polyester resin work with the epoxy tooling gelcoat or will it only work with epoxy?
Cheers Christian
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Okay cheers mates.
Just hoped i could a corner with the polyester resin over epoxy resin lol. Funds are limited being back to school.
But no polyester for my epoxy gelcoat then.
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Epoxy tooling gelcoat - use with polyester resin?
Christian_83
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9 Years Ago
It won't work, sorry. It's a general no no to try and bond polyester resins to epoxy materials.
Fasta
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9 Years Ago
Yeh, definitely won't work. Even vinyl ester resin with an epoxy tooling gelcoat doesn't work in my...
Hanaldo
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9 Years Ago
Okay cheers mates. Just hoped i could a corner with the polyester resin over epoxy resin lol. Funds...
Christian_83
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