What type of non skid texture is it? The only method is to remove the styrene layer, but thats difficult on most types of non skid. On non...
It's not mold release. Non skid areas tend to be flooded with gel coat and thick gel coat weathers poorly. Styrene tends to build up at the mold...
Don't get any supposedly special epoxy designed to penetrate better, all they do is add a solvent. Epoxies don't get along well with solvents, it...
You could put just about anything in there, foam, wood, body filler, an old used diaper, it just needs to hold up so you can put more glass over it.
What is the two layers of epoxy primer?
This is normal, that's why earlier in the repair I said pre gel coating what would be the outside surface wasn't of much value, you end up sanding...
Some flooring epoxies have solvents in them to improve the flow, this type isn't what you want for building a boat, it will drain out of the glass...
This is one situation where a flap disc works ok. They tend to be slow in removing material so it's easier to not remove too much at one time.
Angle grinder, and maybe a soft pad.
Polyesters and VE bond very good to ABS if the correct solvent is used. Or, you buy these bonding resins with the correct solvents already added....
A millimeter is too much, half that is better. It should taper out a bit, not a steep edge. An inch or so is all that's needed. More than that...
There are quite a few VE resins that work great for this, each resin manufacturer has a list of their resins and recommended applications.
It is ideal for the gel coat to not be fully cured on the surface. Every important aspect is better if you can still leave a mark with your...
To the laminate schedule question. If you are using epoxy it makes no difference what was there originally, if the new laminate is the same...
You are correct in that epoxy will bond better, what people forget is that a resin only needs to bond good enough to not fail. If it will...
You'll need to sand off all the damaged glass from outside now, this area will require some glass to build it back up to the correct level of the...
Surface gap plugs are used on some outboards, they aren't common elsewhere. Gel coat.....yes....painted over.....maybe. The blue on the deck...
On new molds if they aren't thoroughly cured the glass pattern can transfer to the surface of the tooling gel coat. This can happen from the mold...
Since the resin is white, I'm assuming you added pigment. Pigment can separate and /or be filtered out by the glass as it flows through while...
Looks like brush marks from the gel coat being too thin.
