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Originally posted by The_Mayor
Hey I have a question for you. What did you use along the edges to round over the inside? I thouht you said caulk, but wouldn't that have a reaction to the gelcoat? I'm about to start a swim platform build and I want to get it right. So if you wouldn't mind i would like to pick your brain a little bit. Could you drop me and email so we can talk? Mine is johnelan (at) roadrunner (dot) com. Thanks, I look forward to hearing from you. John
I sent you a email so you could have my adress
to answer your question yes I did use caulk. painters caulk and if you keep it cold it is nice and thick when you spread it out. I used a thin plastic cut to the contour i wanted.
after this i painted the female mold and five coats of wax followed by spraying the mold with a releasing agent. the release agent is the only thing that comes in contact with the gelcoat. one thing to remember with your mold of a swimplatform is everything is in reverse