Thread: Oh no not another Willys Gasser build, this time a Willys shop truck

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Originally Posted by roadster32

Yes I usually put down a Gelcoat first but didn't have any left Roger, Its better with Gel.

It just sprays on like a heavy top coat and is allowed to dry before glassing atop it, right?

Originally Posted by rspears

It just sprays on like a heavy top coat and is allowed to dry before glassing atop it, right?

Usually just brush it on Roger, I've not sprayed it myself

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Originally Posted by roadster32

Usually just brush it on Roger, I've not sprayed it myself.

Even easier! Thanks! I'll have to order a can of gel coat before I jump into panel fabs.

Originally Posted by rspears

Even easier! Thanks! I'll have to order a can of gel coat before I jump into panel fabs.

You can also use a small foam roller which puts it on a treat.

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Originally Posted by roadster32

You can also use a small foam roller which puts it on a treat.

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Haven't used a roller before,,but it would work well on the larger flat areas.. I usually brush it on the smaller molds,,and spray it on the big molds,,and I am spraying the tooling gelcoat on the 29A roadster body that I am molding..mainly for a more even finish,,and it's a bad color for coverage with a brush..

Originally Posted by lamin8r

Haven't used a roller before,,but it would work well on the larger flat areas.. I usually brush it on the smaller molds,,and spray it on the big molds,,and I am spraying the tooling gelcoat on the 29A roadster body that I am molding..mainly for a more even finish,,and it's a bad color for coverage with a brush..

Hey Robin i've never sprayed it, what sort of size nozzle do you use ? Is it a regular spraygun ?

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Originally Posted by roadster32

Hey Robin i've never sprayed it, what sort of size nozzle do you use ? Is it a regular spraygun ?

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Steve,,I use a regular gravity fed gun,,with an orifice you can drop an egg through.. .The nozzle is a 3mm one..It gets the gelcoat out in a decent coat,without thinning it..Two light to medium passes,about three minutes apart,is all I do..It takes longer to clean the darn gun out afterwards..