How to get a show quality part????


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Are guys popping the part right out of the mold and mounting it to there 100k car, or is there a process to get the parts to that level? Coat sand polish? coat sand polish?
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Hanaldo's work is fantastic, as always

However, I think that most manufacturers making panels for high-end supercars will likely be investing a lot in the finishing process. For them, it's probably not so important to achieve a perfect surface finish when the part comes out of the mould and a lot will be invested in many coats of lacquer to achieve a deep gloss and fairly tough finish

I tend to use EC's GC50 on a lot of the parts that I make and this can give you a surface coating straight from the mould that is highly polishable with added UV stability. The downside of using it is that you do tend to lose a little clarity on the visual effect, as even the most careful of spraying will leave a surface onto which you lay the dry fabric a little less flat than usual. However, it does give you a bit of leeway to fix and improve any slight issues from the mould that might otherwise not be possible with a 'bare' epoxy-made part


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Markmk, we’ve tried putting down a clear face coat first which yes did give the part a d different depth look. But it also had very small air/vaccum voids that were then trapped and the only way to fix them is to sand down the face coat. Have you ran into that issue?
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