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Hanaldo - 5/6/2020 2:42:07 AM

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Massimiliano - 5/5/2020 8:06:45 PM

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Warren (Staff) - 5/5/2020 11:51:14 AM

Key back the damaged areas then fill with fresh gel.  I would look for a bigger batch, probably 25g or so just to make measuring the MEKP easier.

If you have it, add some wax additive (Solution MW) to the gel to help the surface cure tack free - however its not the end of the world, you would just have to sand through the tack otherwise.

Sanding and polishing by hand should be perfectly possible even in tight corners.

Thanks Warren, what compound and tool do you recommend for polishing?

The NW1 compound that EC sell is brilliant, by far the best compound I have ever used. I dont find it works well by hand though, it is too aggressive to start with and takes a long time to break down, so your arm will fall off before you get a full gloss. Im also just not good at hand polishing though, dont have the patience for it.

Using a machine, it is difficult to get into all corners and tight areas. Having a good selection of polishing tools and pads is the solution, but occasionally I might not be able to get some corners of the mould up to the full gloss that the rest of the mould has. For the most part, these areas are so small they arent noticeable on the finished part, and if they are then I use some of the TopFinish2 and EasyGloss to bring it up to par.