Hi All,
I am just finishing a cockpit repair. It was soft and cracked so I cut out the floor, cut off the delammed foam core, epoxied and glassed on newe core-cell, replaced the rotted center stringer and glassed in the cockpit sole again. My intention was to spray gelcoat to finish the repair but I have heard and read from several sources that gelcoat will not take over epoxy. Several repair articles on this forum and on Dr. Laser talk of finishing up a repair done with epoxy by gelcoating. Which info is right???The spraying gelcoat idea was partly a learning experiment but maybe I should just paint. I only need to do a 4" wide strip around the floor.
To those out there who have done any major repairs: can I apply gelcoat over epoxy? Do you sugest waxed or non waxed gelcoat.
Bill
I am just finishing a cockpit repair. It was soft and cracked so I cut out the floor, cut off the delammed foam core, epoxied and glassed on newe core-cell, replaced the rotted center stringer and glassed in the cockpit sole again. My intention was to spray gelcoat to finish the repair but I have heard and read from several sources that gelcoat will not take over epoxy. Several repair articles on this forum and on Dr. Laser talk of finishing up a repair done with epoxy by gelcoating. Which info is right???The spraying gelcoat idea was partly a learning experiment but maybe I should just paint. I only need to do a 4" wide strip around the floor.
To those out there who have done any major repairs: can I apply gelcoat over epoxy? Do you sugest waxed or non waxed gelcoat.
Bill