Wet sand/polish or PAINT old gelcoat?

[drewpster]

Re: Wet sand/polish or PAINT old gelcoat?

Make sure you thouroughly dewax the surface before you paint. Especially since you know there is contamination on the surface from all the compounding. It will not wash off with soap. You are going to need a strong, slow solvent to remove the wax. Clean it off first before you do any sanding. Sanding can drive the wax in to the surface making it harder to remove. Use two rags and change them often with clean ones. Just a heads up.

 

[stephentyler20]

Re: Wet sand/polish or PAINT old gelcoat?

Ok thanks! I have a great document from Interlux that says exactly what solvents I need and how to use them, so ill make sure to follow that to a T.