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Epoxy Gelcoat??
Posted: Jul 19th, '24, 14:56
by Marshall Mahoney
I am looking for a product that I can spray into a mould and lay up epoxy/fiberglass onto the sprayed in material so when I remove the piece from the mold, the sprayed in materiel would be the finished top coat. It would also have to be UV resistant. (The same way one would spray polyester gelcoat into a mold and lay up with polyester/fiberglass).
I can't seem to find a UV resistant epoxy based "gelcoat" material in the US. Any ideas?
Re: Epoxy Gelcoat??
Posted: Jul 20th, '24, 04:25
by Raybo Marine NY
Use regular gelcoat, it’ll be fine with epoxy resin.
Re: Epoxy Gelcoat??
Posted: Jul 20th, '24, 19:03
by Ironworker
I'm a big fan of epoxy resin and fiberglass. I prefer paint over polyester gelcoat.
Re: Epoxy Gelcoat??
Posted: Jul 21st, '24, 05:51
by Raybo Marine NY
Paint over epoxy yes
IN a mold gelcoat is what you want. You can then paint it or leave it in gelcoat when the part is out of the mold.
Re: Epoxy Gelcoat??
Posted: Jul 21st, '24, 18:01
by Marshall Mahoney
OK Thanks.
I'll experiment with gel coat and epoxy and see how it goes.
Re: Epoxy Gelcoat??
Posted: Jul 22nd, '24, 10:10
by Pete252
Marshall,
You may want to look into vinylester with gelcoat.
There are some really nice VE resins that perform similar to epoxies,
with compatible gel coats
Pete
Re: Epoxy Gelcoat??
Posted: Sep 2nd, '24, 11:25
by Kevind767