Thanks for the concern fibersport. Life got in the way pretty big time with my daughter being diagnosed with Crohns at the beginning of the year so the boat took a seat at the back of the bus. The good news is that after a lot of ER and doctors visits, one pretty major surgery, three hospital stays and a lot of worrying by her mother and I, she is on a treatment that appears to be working and getting better every day and I have started thinking about the boat again. She is actually bugging me again about getting the boat done :thumb:. I think I am pretty much ready to try my hand at gel coating and found a willing subject to test my (lack of) skills on......
Its an old fiberglass dock box I have had for 20+ years ...... I consider it a "willing subject" because it did not object when I patched all of the cracks and dings and sanded it all over to 80 grit finish.
At this point I need to order a spray gun and all of the gel coating supplies. I would really appreciate any recommendations on a good gun to spray gel coat with. I have seen a lot of guys use the HF purple gun for wet painting but not sure if something like this would work for gel or not.:noidea: