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Crystic Gelcoat Quality Guide

Crystic Gelcoat Quality Guide
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Gelcoat Quality Guide A guide to application faults and possible causes Over 50 years of reliability, experience and innovation

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SCOTT BADER COLOUR TEARING • Pigment separated from resin • Improper spray technique • Long geltime, sagging COLOUR SEPARATION • Insufficient mixing • Sagging, drainage • Poor gelcoat application COLOUR MOTTLING • Gelcoat loow in thixotropy • Poor pigment compatibility PARALLEL CRACKS • Flex cracking • Gelcoattoo thick STAR CRACKING • Reverse impact • Gelcoattoo thick • Crack pattern transferred from mould • Chemical attack • Excessive heat • Water ingress • Damp reinforcement GELCOAT BLISTERS • Unreacted catalyst • Solvent contamination FIBRE PATTERN • Gelcoattoo thin • High exotherm in...

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Scott Bader Composites Europe Scott Bader Group Companies HEAD OFFICE Scott Bader Company Limited Wollaston England Tel: +44 1933 663100 Fax: +44 1933 666139 email: composites@scottbader.com Scott Bader Ireland Dublin Ireland Tel: +353 1801 5660 Fax: +353 1801 5657 email: composites@scottbader.ie Scott Bader Inc Stow, OH USA Tel: +1 330 920 4410 Fax: +1 330 920 4415 email: info@scottbaderinc.com Scott Bader SA Amiens France Tel: +33 3 22 66 27 66 Fax: +33 3 22 66 27 80 email: composites@scottbader.fr Scott Bader Scandinavia AB Falkenberg Sweden Tel: +46 346 10100 Fax: +46 346 59226 email:...

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Crystic Gelcoat Quality Guide 3Pages

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Crystic Gelcoat Quality Guide
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