Neber heard of IR damaging fibers, I assume Kelvar is the most fragile, can't imagine CF would be delicate.

And about busting Davids chops grinon no use of Gel on his mold, I understand the island price concern, and sounds like you mitigated its non use. The issue is, to those here in the states also making a one off, if your mold has any/slightest imperfections, you will live with that or fix it later in the final piece, and a hood is the most visible part on a car, or close to the drivers door in visibility.The GEl coat in a mold, mainly provides as David mentioned, ability to polish the gel without a break thru into fibers concern, and mainly, IMO reduces shadow "print thru" of the first layers of fibers, be they roven, fabric, or mat onto the molds surface, not an ideal cosmetic result. twocents

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Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.