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Gel Coat Repair
I'm fixing up a pair of seadoos before I sell them and I have a boat that needs some work. I think I know the basics of preping, as far as filling and sanding. I have all the grades of sandpaper and a buffer with polishing compound and wax ready to go. It's the middle step, the actual application of the gel coat that I'm not sure about. The gel coat I have is too thin to fill an upside down gouge (as you would find on the underside of a boat) and it is too thick to spray easily.
As I understand it, I can go in two directions with the gel coat compound:
1- With a deep scratch or gouge, fill the area mostly flush with a repair fill, then thin the gel coat compound and spray it on. I'm not sure if I can get my hands on an appropriate sprayer, but I think it would leave the best results.
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2- Add some sort of hardener to the gel coat compoud to make a paste, and use the paste to fill the gouges and chips.
Any suggestions or recommendations? I'm going to get a better step-by-step from some experienced guys who I 'kinda' know before I start, and I'll continue websearching for more resources. Of course, someone with hands-on experience would be more helpful then anything google can provide.
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