I must say, the mold lines on the SLC are very impressive.
I'm coming from FFR ..... quality ......, so when Fran told me I could wetsand polish them out and I'd be golden, I figured 'yeaaaa, riiiiiiight'. (again, remember i'm used to seeing mold lines 1/2'' + tall that need to be ground out)
Anyways, started tackling them today and they knock down like crazy.
4-5passes with 1000
10 passes with 1500
10 passes with 2000
finish wth 3000
then pfw+menzerna SIP to remove sanding scratches
white + menzerna 106 for a perfect finish (just as good as paint; i'll post pictures when I'm finished).
Woooooooooo :thumbsup:
Now, only 1 'problem' I''m running into - every so often I get a little spot on the mold lines where (before I start sanding) I can see the fiberglass below (i.e., no gelcoat coloring). So I sand and polish and (obviously) the spot is still there (hasn't grown, so I'm not sanding away too much, heh). The spots are very infrequent, and very very tiny. Maybe like 2-4mm long, 1mm wide (i.e., very very small).
So I'm thinking they will be perfect if I can touch them up (nb: I'm still a gelcoat newbie, so go easy on me). I'm thinking the solution is one of two things
1 - gently dab gelcoat (mixed with mekp, etc...) on the area and wetsand it down
or
2 - take a file or fine dremel bit to the area to hollow the area out, hollow out a little bit, then fill in with gelcoat. (since gelcoat flows into cracks)
I'm thinking #2 is right, but I'm curious if there's a better way.