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stevebubs - 10/1/06 at 03:10 PM

What do you recommend for polishing up fresh gelcoat?

Was looking at something like this

Stephen

k33ts - 10/1/06 at 04:53 PM

looks a good buy iwas gona buy one from machine mart clarke cp 180 £70.00

glad you spotted that cheers

just looked at your archive have you now removed buck from bonnet
if so what is your plan with bottum edges

[Edited on 10/1/06 by k33ts]

stevebubs - 10/1/06 at 05:41 PM

quote:
Originally posted by k33ts
looks a good buy iwas gona buy one from machine mart clarke cp 180 £70.00

glad you spotted that cheers

just looked at your archive have you now removed buck from bonnet
if so what is your plan with bottum edges

[Edited on 10/1/06 by k33ts]


Yes - buck is removed from bonnet (Was always just laid onton)

For "plan with edges", not sure quite what you mean?

To smooth them off when making the mould - parcel tape

When attaching back to the bonnet
going to attach to bonnet using resin and Matting then fill with flowcoat and shape using a (filletting) tool similar to those sold by CFS (looks like a ball bearing on a stick)



[Edited on 10/1/06 by stevebubs]

k33ts - 10/1/06 at 05:52 PM

ok you seem to have it sorted

i was just thinking from my minimal experience

make your mould on the bonnet with buck in place on parcel tape and use plaster scene on to fill the lower edges

might save you a bit of time

[Edited on 10/1/06 by k33ts]

stevebubs - 10/1/06 at 07:33 PM

quote:
Originally posted by k33ts
ok you seem to have it sorted

i was just thinking from my minimal experience

make your mould on the bonnet with buck in place on parcel tape and use plaster scene on to fill the lower edges

might save you a bit of time

[Edited on 10/1/06 by k33ts]


May yet end up doing something similar...anyone found any polishers cheaper?

[Edited on 10/1/06 by stevebubs]

stevebubs - 18/1/06 at 12:37 PM

quote:
Originally posted by k33ts
looks a good buy iwas gona buy one from machine mart clarke cp 180 £70.00

glad you spotted that cheers

just looked at your archive have you now removed buck from bonnet
if so what is your plan with bottum edges

[Edited on 10/1/06 by k33ts]


Arrived yesterday - seems OK; is in it's own case for storage, too