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Re: gel coat

To: british-cars@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: gel coat
From: DANA%EGEL1@VX.CIS.UMN.EDU
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 1994 16:56:55 -0500 (CDT)
>From an 3 day old thread:

>1.   I also got a hardtop with Bugeye #2.  Seller said it was an
>original factory hardtop - I was skeptical but now know it is after
>carefully examining a picture in Geoff Healey's Sprite book.  AH
>Spares in England apparently sells new latches for it.  Anyone know
>if rubber is available??  The fiberglass is crazed but it still is
>solid.  How should I refinish it?  A new gel coat?  Bondo and paint??

>From my past days of surfing and making surfboards I remember 
laminating several coats before the final surface coat.  It would 
seem that one should be able to sand and apply a new coat of resin.

I'm not sure how different types of resin will bond though.

Dana

 
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