Re: How do I paint graphics on gelcoat?
1.Complete acetone wipe of the area to be painted removing any wax or residual's from the gel
2 Sanding or roughing up the surface with a 100 grit paper ( only the surface area to be painted)
3. Think's a little bit more........ yep vinyl graphic's..... painting large area's is one thing but highly detailed graphic's would be a real pain, very time consuming, using boat paints would take forever, As a example it usally takes 3 seprate coat's to get a final finish and each coat take's a 24 hour period to dry ...that's 3 day's just to get one color.. and then you have to get the line's to match up (height) i dont know of a boat paint that can be colored sanded effectively as to eliminating the seam's. And i dont believe you can clear coat 2-part urethane's