Boston Whaler Full Restore From Bare Fiberglass (gelcoat or paint or what)

[sshawn]

Re: Boston Whaler Full Restore From Bare Fiberglass (gelcoat or paint or what)

What are thoughts on moisture meters? Can I get a 10 dollar gig from home depot used for gardening and avoid drilling 1.5 inch holes to tell if its wet in there? I'd love to hear 1/4 inch holes and a home depot meter will do the trick.

Shawn

 

[ondarvr]

Re: Boston Whaler Full Restore From Bare Fiberglass (gelcoat or paint or what)

Does gelcoat require primer? After the most faded white, it slowly reveals a grey (but it might be a mix of white and the glass). After cleaning up the gray I hit clearish glass.

Shawn

Sometimes builders use a black or very dark grey backup gel coat behind the white, they do this because it's easier to see air the bubbles and roll them out when there is a dark background. So it is possible for there to be white gel coat over the the grey, then the clearisih layer is the first layer of glass.

 

[bostonwhalerproject]

hello everybody im new to the forum but not to boating or repair so much... i have task very similar to yours sshawn.
i am completely redoing my 1972 boston whaler 21 outrage.. as well as re gel-coating the whole boat. from keel to rub-rail. i have the boat completely stripped and the boat flipped over ready to go. i read how some you were saying it is very hard to remove gel coat... not anymore i recently came upon a product called the marine shaver pro this machine is a beast on gel coat and can strip at 1 sq ft every 20 seconds i will post the pictures of my boat and the restoration as i go.. any advice would be appreciated. thanks

 

[GA_Boater]

hello everybody im new to the forum but not to boating or repair so much... i have task very similar to yours sshawn.
i am completely redoing my 1972 boston whaler 21 outrage.. as well as re gel-coating the whole boat. from keel to rub-rail. i have the boat completely stripped and the boat flipped over ready to go. i read how some you were saying it is very hard to remove gel coat... not anymore i recently came upon a product called the marine shaver pro this machine is a beast on gel coat and can strip at 1 sq ft every 20 seconds i will post the pictures of my boat and the restoration as i go.. any advice would be appreciated. thanks

bostonwhalerproject

This thread is over 5 years old and it's been that long since sshawn was here. Way past our 90 days of inactivity rule.

When you do start showing your resto, start a thread of your own.