gbrettin

Not a whole lot to say other than getting a perfect surface is a PITA. I was doing this by hand and then realized there are tools for this type of job... I purchased the best orbital sander I could get my hands on and haven't looked back.

The thermal process that happens after 30min or so is pretty wild in the tooling gel. I took too much time applying the first skim coat and the tooling gel melted my plastic cup.

I suspect there will be one more knock down after the last skim coat mould is really looking good now.


First complete knock down and corner rebuild:











Tooling coat thermal heat:



First skim coat of tooling gel:




Knocked out a few high areas





Gelcoat applied again to fill in low spots (will need additional coats)