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Chipped gelcoat, repairable?
When demoulding from my pattern, a small aprox 2.5*3mm section of gelcoat stayed on the pattern.
It’s my first time making a mould like this, is this repairable or scrap?
Looks like it’s all the way through the gelcoat to the reinforcement and is in an area that requires cosmetics to be good on the final part. I was going to be wet sanding and polishing the mould to achieve a good finish, should I fill this and sand it back or will that fail on the first part pull?
Advice would be greatly appreciated - mould will be used for vacuum infusion carbon fiber
Picture is straight after demould, so there is a bit of plasticine and residue, ignore that.
u/Elipes_ — 13 days ago