Okay! I have dings and dimples that need to be smoothed out. Plus, the bottoms are getting bare in a couple of spots so new gel coat is in order.
I have lots of such experience on Hobies, mostly with polyester resin, but have done nothing in the last twenty years or so. What is new and different? Does anyone have a favorite trick for tinting gel coat to perfect color match?
Is there a book?
for dings- marinetex without a doubt. Very easy to work with (although can be difficult to get the ratio corect). Use latex gloves dampened with a little water and you can smooth it on very easily. Easily sanded as well.
Bigger dings require epoxy in my opinion. As for gelcoat... never done it... never want to. I would go with the 98 cent spray can variety and feather it out and then when things get too bad then get someone else to do a full gelcoat job.
As for the dimples our boats get. really not sure the best way to go for that. probably marinetex again but I would worry how it would react to any flexing that goes on- like would it crack or not if the underlying glass flexes?
My biggest concern is color match. I guess I'll just buy some gelcoat and experiment. . . on the bottoms <img src=
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Use Evercoat white finishing gelcoat if you have the white Blade. I just sprayed mine and it looks great.
Use the Evercoat Formula 27 for the dings and then spray the gelcoat over it. With some work, it will look good as new.
Thanks! Any pix?
What do you want the photos to show?
I dont think you will be able to see much with the areas that I have already done since I can't show any progression. I will be doing the bottoms once it warms up a bit. I will take some shots of the process then for you.
Let me know if you want smething specific detailed.
Robi had it
dressed
. I was just wondering how it looked now.
She is white and undressed now... The boat is not as exciting to look at but my intent is to make a race machine.
Hey, I'll look at anything undressed. . .even a boat. <img src=
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