I was looking for some gelcoat help. Prior to the winter I needed to replace the gas tanks in my center console. I figured, while the floor was up and out of the boat I would put a new coat of gelcoat on the deck. I sanded the surface & cleaned it with Acetone. Once everything was dry I applied the gelcoat with the correct mixture of harder. The gelcoat I used was 944 WJ 480 Base White ISO Gelcoat. I let it sit all winter and installed the decking back in the boat. When I touched the newly gel-coated surface, everything seemed to be ok. What I come to find out while I was installing it back in the boat, if I applied pressure to the surface for a bit with my hand, my hand would eventually stick a little bit. I was actually laying a sheet on the surfaces when I worked on the console so I would not scratch it but when I went to remove the sheet, parts of it actually stuck to the surface a little bit. This does not seem to happen all over but just in certain spots. After doing some more research on the forum it was said that the gelcoat should have wax it. I come to find out the Gelcoat I was using did not have wax in it. I also noticed when I accidentally spilled acetone on a spot the gelcoat became very tacky but once the acetone dried it was not tacky anymore. I guess my question is, can I fix this somehow or do I need to remove all the gelcoat. Any help is greatly appreciated.
