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Topic subjectGelCoating interior and local good bodyshop.
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57414, GelCoating interior and local good bodyshop.
Posted by myeclipseisnicer, Sep-16-03 04:09 PM
ok im thinking about gel coating my interior, does anyone have pics of it done, a nice close up pic. what u guys think? also if anyone knows a places in nj that can do it, im in central nj.

thanks :thumbsup
57426, RE: GelCoating interior and local good bodyshop.
Posted by scirio, Sep-16-03 06:11 PM
Gelcoating?:wary
57432, RE: GelCoating interior and local good bodyshop.
Posted by tim97rs, Sep-16-03 07:21 PM
ya, gelcoating. its that thing you and i did with those 2 chics the other night after we left the bar. Remember the red spots you had afterwards? Boy those were funny, hope you can still piss okay!!!
57433, RE: GelCoating interior and local good bodyshop.
Posted by ibangdchoeclipse, Sep-16-03 07:29 PM
do you mean fiberglassin?
57437, RE: GelCoating interior and local good bodyshop.
Posted by Eclipse97, Sep-16-03 08:25 PM
hmmm gel coating.

I've never seen anyone done it. but not a bad idea though I think it could work and give you the same high gloss quality that you'd get by actually using the fibergalss.

You could actually try out a little piece of a interior.

Just go to any Composite material supply store... and ask for brushable gelcoat.

Granted brushable won't give u the same quality as spray type but for $20 its much better to try it out first and see if it works or not.

I'm not sure as to the hardness of gelcoat but I think as long as its dried up nice it should work. But then again it could also have hair line spyder web type cracks.

anyways.. get a brushable gelcoat try it out first, if it works then find a body shop that's willing to do that type of work. Also when getting gelcoat.. try to get "brushable tooling gelcoat". Its mostly used for molds but it dries harder/stronger than regular gelcoats.
57534, RE: GelCoating interior and local good bodyshop.
Posted by a_miller_76, Sep-18-03 03:50 AM
You don't want hard gelcoat. There's an addative (and I can't remember what it's called) that will let your gelcoat be flexible. You want to have it mixed in with that as well as a minimal amount of heat (hardner). When gelcoat hardens it creates a lot of heat, if you put too much harnder into it it will deform your plastic.

I've been researching this for awhile. I'm doing this next spring or summer too.