gel coat

[SurferSmurf]

ok i got a question about what to use. do you use epoxy and a dye for the color or do you use the polyester gel coat that uscomposites sells. just curious cuz the polyester is the only gel coat they sell and i thought that polyester will not bond to epoxy.

 

[augustaf]

use epoxy and paint it after it cures as desired. Gel coat can be colored, however cured epoxy still exudes amines which tend to delaminated the gel coat eventually. Don't do it!

 

[SurferSmurf]

what about coloring the epoxy??? or if painted what paint will hold up to beaching and such?

 

[MADMAT]

Like 12 years ago I bought in to a crap company that eventually failed. It was called Surface Pro. We used 2 part epoxy with the desired added color and re finished counter tops and other stuff.

I don't know much except that we sprayed it through HVLP guns and we had to mix the 2 part epoxy then add the color and stir it and shoot it.


Seemed tough as nails!

 

[SurferSmurf]

thats what i was thinking but if someone has tried it and had an epic failure then i will go another route. has anyone done it with success, if so please chime in and give some info.

 

[trd_yota]

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/ca...splayName=1+qt.+fiberglass+resin&brandName=3M
will this work for fixing small dings and surface cracks on my 650's hood and deep scratches on the bottom of a hull?

 

[SurferSmurf]

i wanna do the entire botom of my hull.

 

[restosud]

you can mix pigment with epoxy and apply it like gelcoat.

 

[stanton]

i wanna do the entire botom of my hull.

i layed glass over the bottom of my hull and dyed it black. then i painted the rest of the hull black aswell, looks great and i beach my ski ALOT.

 

[CarterB]

Duratec. its the sizznizz and is urethane and bonds perfect to epoxy. it can be color matched more like a paint. uscomposites has it and its worth every penny

 

[SurferSmurf]

so do you use just the duratec and a pigment or the gelcoat and the duratec mixed?