Astroglass 1989 full rebuild

[kcassells]

I'm gonna attempt to fix till I run out of materials thenalena decision if I was able to fix to my satisfaction

You are sure 1 hardworking fella Mick! You always amaze me.
Even though your pics are as bad as Zool.

 

[mickyryan]

Assume this white is the wax when it gets wet it shows up
Other pic is where gelcoat didn't adhere, that's a easy fix I'll just send down wash with acetone and reshoot , I believe it just set off too fast from heat and didn't adhere

 

[mickyryan]

no edit button to fix my auto complete error sorry kev

 

[mickyryan]

Def wax it comes off scrubbing with a brush just so much of it !

 

[mickyryan]

Took break yesterday, had to drive to Jacksonville then turn around and drive to st Petersburg so was in a car all day picking up materials for a commercial pool ugh

 

[mickyryan]

Licked my wounds and back at it just about got all the areas fixed with the black , real test will be blending the flake ...

 

[mickyryan]

82 degrees atm flowing nice

 

[mickyryan]

Got it all fixed looks great will post pics tomorrow

 

[mickyryan]

Still got more to do but it's getting there

 

[mickyryan]

Waiting on more non waxed clear to build up

 

[kcassells]

Looks real nice Mick!

 

[mickyryan]

Man waiting for the rest of the clear , killing me im not patient

 

[mickyryan]

White spots seem to be caused by dew, not sure why it would do that but I will see if they disappear after it burns off. I know the clear was dry way before dew fell so I wonder if this clear will do this until it is waxed, it's just something I never seen before, there is no wax either as this was shot with no wax to prevent this

 

[mickyryan]

So it appears water is getting absorbed into clear coat when dew falls on it I can wipe and the cloudy spots are there then with a heat gun can dry it out , guess you never notice this kinda thing on white boats plus I'm sure this will stop I hope once I apply a good wax to the boat

 

[mickyryan]

These areas were full of white spots but as soon as sun popped they dried out

 

[mickyryan]

Tree branch shadow is on that one pic

 

[mickyryan]

This morning same thing soaking up moisture I took a heat gun and dried a spot so folks could see what I'm dealing with , I know gelcoat isn't waterproof but why would this do this and original gelcoat don't?

 

[mickyryan]

Perplexing

 

[Scott Danforth]

Maybe @ondarvr can answer

 

[mickyryan]

Spoke to supplier he said it's normal because it's unwaxed once I do last coat with duratec or wax it won't suck up water anymore