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    E350 reacted to WFO Speedracer's post in the thread Square Nose Refresh with Like Like.
    I commend you for going with GELCOAT , I know how much work it actually is .
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    E350 reacted to motorider200's post in the thread Square Nose Refresh with Like Like.
    The next step was... You guessed it more sanding. The gelcoat had an orange peel texture to it. I wet sanded everything but the tray...
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    E350 reacted to motorider200's post in the thread Square Nose Refresh with Love Love.
    Here are some more pics of the hood and the pole bracket setup. I made the liner by laying up some fiberglass on top of duct tape on...
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    E350 reacted to motorider200's post in the thread Square Nose Refresh with Love Love.
    I made the stock square nose bracket work. It has worked fine for a lot of years.
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    E350 reacted to motorider200's post in the thread Square Nose Refresh with Love Love.
    Now came more sanding, more filling,more sanding then more filling and so on until I was happy with it. I used Total Boat products for...
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    E350 reacted to motorider200's post in the thread Square Nose Refresh with Like Like.
    E350 yes in my research on it gelcoat over the SMC and epoxy resin for the glass work in the tray was a no go. But it can go over the...
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    E350 reacted to motorider200's post in the thread Square Nose Refresh with Like Like.
    Fish Bump TV on you tube was a really good resource for learning about fiberglassing and gelcoat. Here is the spray gun I used.
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    E350 reacted to motorider200's post in the thread Square Nose Refresh with Like Like.
    I thinned the primer to about the mid point of the range it could be thinned. The primer was easy to work with and had a long work time...
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    E350 reacted to Quinc's post in the thread First blown engine. =( with Sad Sad.
    She made it 10+ years. Funny thing is I put in fresh pro-x pistons and rings last April as preventive maintenance. =/
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    E350 replied to the thread Square Nose Refresh.
    Did you have to thin it much to get it to spray with the 2.5mm spray tip?
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    E350 reacted to motorider200's post in the thread Square Nose Refresh with Like Like.
    I am glad to help, this is the reason for the build threads. I didn't use the polyester finishing resin you posted above. I initially...
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    E350 replied to the thread Square Nose Refresh.
    This is friggin' encouraging. Did you add hardener and wax to your last spray of laminating gelcoat? Or did you just buy the Finishing...
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    E350 replied to the thread Square Nose Refresh.
    Dude !!! I heard you could not gel coat over SMC? So can you gel coat over the Total Boat Epoxy Primer? The ski looks amazing. It is...
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    E350 replied to the thread Square Nose Refresh.
    Thank you for posting all those photos. Your work is quite clever.
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    E350 replied to the thread Square Nose Refresh.
    Excellent photos! I see what you did, you just moved the pole bracket "L" brackets to the outside of the Round Nose Pole Bracket...
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