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Title: Gel coat repair
Post by: L.T. on July 29, 2010, 05:31:57 PM

A friend of mine had some non structural  gel coat cracks repaired last year to the tune of  $1,400
So I figured on taking to the task myself on my boats. Used my 18ft Sea Pro as the Guinea Pig   Didn't turn out too bad for the first shot at it.  Time will tell if it holds up or not. I gouged out the cracks with a Dremel, washed them down with Acetone, filled the grooves with Duraglas, went over that with Gel-coat paste,sprayed a coat of gel coat on top.  The hardest part for me was color match. rgmn

Title: Re: Gel coat repair
Post by: Capt. Carl on July 29, 2010, 06:40:19 PM

Butch....i got a job for you next spring on my boat!
looks pretty good! t^

Title: Re: Gel coat repair
Post by: L.T. on July 29, 2010, 07:08:02 PM

 Thanks Carl,  We'll use the barter system slt

Title: Re: Gel coat repair
Post by: pilot2550 on July 29, 2010, 08:09:03 PM

Looks brand spankin new. Great job t^

Title: Re: Gel coat repair
Post by: Last Call on July 29, 2010, 08:55:08 PM

Wanna give me an estimate?  Or at least let me watch next time you're at it!

Title: Re: Gel coat repair
Post by: kezsr on July 29, 2010, 09:11:12 PM

excellent repair Butch t^    Kez

Title: Re: Gel coat repair
Post by: L.T. on July 29, 2010, 09:20:51 PM

Thanks Guys for the atta boys. Should be fishing but, I've got my head wrapped around working on these boats, for now.  I have to find  a heated garage to do this stuff in the winter.

Title: Re: Gel coat repair
Post by: L.T. on August 04, 2010, 05:56:53 PM

I tackled more gel-coat repair on the Sea Pro. There were 7  3/8" holes in the transom 4 of which were from a kicker motor bracket the other 3 were who know what for.  I drilled the hole out to 1/2" through the transom so as to have good wood for my 1/2 dowels to adhere to.  Next I installed the dowels with a waterproof glue. Then I applied Duraglass, which is a fiberglass stranded filler  and  sanded, applied  gel-coat paste, sanded. Then sprayed a topcoat of gel coat as you see in the last pic.  I will wet sand the top coat with 1,000 grit and machine compound to a high shine then polish.

Title: Re: Gel coat repair
Post by: L.T. on August 04, 2010, 05:59:03 PM

Pics Continued

Title: Re: Gel coat repair
Post by: pilot2550 on August 04, 2010, 07:44:20 PM

Damn you're good  t^

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Post by: Hotrod on August 04, 2010, 09:46:27 PM

 clp clp

Title: Re: Gel coat repair
Post by: wb on August 05, 2010, 12:45:18 PM

nice work, looks good

only time will tell if it really is

Title: Re: Gel coat repair
Post by: Hunter 2 on August 24, 2010, 09:29:29 AM

Great Job. TT^