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Offline MartyJ

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Re: Funhouse Restoration
« Reply #120 on: December 13, 2009, 02:46:19 PM »
So now that it is finished, when are you allowed to play it (clearcoat curing time)?

Its been 8 days now since last coat went down.  According to the spec sheets for the clear I've used, its hardened and should be cured.  You can tell when its not as was still slightly soft and I suspect from factory (like on HS2) small groves in the clear were from the factory guys tightening stuff down on fresh clear.

IPB & CPR recommend at least 30 days until a ball hits it to be safe.  I will give it around another week then it should be safe.  Being 2k - its a chemical reaction which hardens it and doesn't have chemicals to evaporate (like acryllic) to finalise the process. 

I don't know what the pro's use - perhaps a 2k with a slow hardener - which gives it more time to flatten out?