Hi all. I posted on iboats and got one reply so I'm wanting to get a second opinion.
I have a two colored deck, white and metallic red. The white gel coat was freshly sprayed and last coat, the air dry was added. It was then taped off. The already taped off area, red metal flake, is now ready for spraying. I have already got my red base down and am going to be spraying the red flake clear coat gel mix with no air dry on last coat.
The metallic will not be sanded before covering it with three layers of clear gel coat but the white needs to be sanded to remove orange peel and then going through all the sanding process and then being polished and waxed.
1.) Can I forget and the white sanding process and just sand it with 180 paper to get rid of the orange peel and then clear coat gel over both the white and red matallic??
2.) Can I use straight Clear Gel Coat with styrene and catylis and final coat air dry added or is there some other combination that is better for less orange peel and less sanding to achieve the finished product?
3.) What is the mixing process for the powdered Poly Flake, Fire Red by Glitterex, ratio when mixing with the Clear Gel Coat. So how much flake will I need to add to let's say a 500 ml pot?
Thanks, Dave.
I have a two colored deck, white and metallic red. The white gel coat was freshly sprayed and last coat, the air dry was added. It was then taped off. The already taped off area, red metal flake, is now ready for spraying. I have already got my red base down and am going to be spraying the red flake clear coat gel mix with no air dry on last coat.
The metallic will not be sanded before covering it with three layers of clear gel coat but the white needs to be sanded to remove orange peel and then going through all the sanding process and then being polished and waxed.
1.) Can I forget and the white sanding process and just sand it with 180 paper to get rid of the orange peel and then clear coat gel over both the white and red matallic??
2.) Can I use straight Clear Gel Coat with styrene and catylis and final coat air dry added or is there some other combination that is better for less orange peel and less sanding to achieve the finished product?
3.) What is the mixing process for the powdered Poly Flake, Fire Red by Glitterex, ratio when mixing with the Clear Gel Coat. So how much flake will I need to add to let's say a 500 ml pot?
Thanks, Dave.
