mould surface repair with gel coat : where to find "wax additive" ?


mould surface repair with gel coat : where to find "wax additive" ?
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Jess8bit
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Hello all,

I want to add a small quantity of gel coat (like the volume of a coffee spoon) to fill in a small hole in my mould (UNI MOULD made), as Matt is doing in the bonnet video. 
He's talking about a wax addtive to stop the gel coat from being tacky, so what this additive exactly is, where can I find it (doesn't seem to be sold in the EC store), and which is the ratio to be mixed with the gel coat ?

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When I have had to repair the mould gelcoat I have placed a piece or release tape over the repair  until it has cured and it worked well, it would depend of course on the size and shape of repair.

Chris

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