Ok, respirator and gloves again. Time to cast a bucket. Assemble the mould and support cast, fasten all screws well.
Gelcoat first. Mixed up and brushed onto the interior of the mould. Make sure of a nice even spread and get right into all nooks and crannies. Allow it to go off until tacky. Don't allow it to go off completely or there's a good chance the next layer won't bond to the gelcoat.
For the next layer I used a filled styrene resin. I mixed the resin with 'fillite' which is alumina-silicate powder. Cheap and light, it makes the resin go a long way. Brush on a couple of layers of this. Only the first layer is shown here. The second layer smoothed it over a bit better. I then finished with a layer of resin and matting.
There was then a lot of crossing of fingers!!!!!
Gelcoat first. Mixed up and brushed onto the interior of the mould. Make sure of a nice even spread and get right into all nooks and crannies. Allow it to go off until tacky. Don't allow it to go off completely or there's a good chance the next layer won't bond to the gelcoat.
For the next layer I used a filled styrene resin. I mixed the resin with 'fillite' which is alumina-silicate powder. Cheap and light, it makes the resin go a long way. Brush on a couple of layers of this. Only the first layer is shown here. The second layer smoothed it over a bit better. I then finished with a layer of resin and matting.
There was then a lot of crossing of fingers!!!!!