Bow Repair Help

[sixgun95]

This happened towing the boat, recommendations on repairing? Never did any gel coat repair before. I was going to order this repair kit - will it do the job? Any tips / tricks, again I have no idea how to do this so any tips would be great!
http://www.iboats.com/Chaparral-Gel...6806325--session_id.202998426--view_id.823487

 

[tpenfield]

Re: Bow Repair Help

It is really hard to tell what we are looking at from that picture and how big the damage area.

Sort of looks like the gel-coat patch kit will do the trick, with maybe a little poly resin in the deeper area.

 

[sixgun95]

Re: Bow Repair Help

It is really hard to tell what we are looking at from that picture and how big the damage area.

Sort of looks like the gel-coat patch kit will do the trick, with maybe a little poly resin in the deeper area.

How do you determine if its too deep for a gel coat patch kit?

 

[tpenfield]

Re: Bow Repair Help

It is somewhat subjective, but generally if the damage is well into the fiberglass , say more than 1/8" . . . (the center of the damage area in your picture looks to be fairly deep) Then you want to build back the fiberglass a bit and apply the gel coat over a more even surface.