lenmann
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So, I follow pretty much every build thread from big E, Nordic, DCB and anyone else that posts shots of the gel and lamination processes. The magic always starts with a thorough cleaning of the mold and then a bunch of coats of mold release wax so the boat's gel coat doesn't become one with the tooling gelcoat in the mold and once the lamination is done the hull or cap "pops" out of the mold.
All the molds I see are smooth like glass except for the cap on a Schiada which still has the classic textured deck and gunwale sides. It would seem that waxing the textured surface of this mold would simply fill the texture making it substantially less grippy. Every Schiada I have run my hand across has substantial grip, to point of being sharp on boats that have never been re-gelled.
My question is, how does Schiada get the textured surface to release from the mold without "washing" out the texture with wax?
All the molds I see are smooth like glass except for the cap on a Schiada which still has the classic textured deck and gunwale sides. It would seem that waxing the textured surface of this mold would simply fill the texture making it substantially less grippy. Every Schiada I have run my hand across has substantial grip, to point of being sharp on boats that have never been re-gelled.
My question is, how does Schiada get the textured surface to release from the mold without "washing" out the texture with wax?