Orange peel on gel coat.

[Nathaneal Greene]

Hi folks!
I have a 16' Boston Whaler that I am refurbishing, and just started the wet sanding of the gel coat. The problem I'm having is that there is a lot of orange peel left from the roller, and I keep going through some spots while trying to sand others. I am using a 3M guide coat, and 340 grit paper, because 400 was taking way too long. Does anybody have an ideas on how to avoid this? Also, its taking a very long time. Is there some way I could sand part way down, dewax the pits that are left, and maybe use like a trowel of some sort and fill all the little pits with another layer of gel coat?

Any Ideas are greatly appreciated.
Nate

 

[Scott Danforth]

welcome aboard

best way is to spray with duratec 904 additive and it lays down like paint

did 3-4 layers on the boat in my signature that way prior to sanding.

even then, I had to sand (using a DA) with 320, 400, 600, 800, then cut-n-buff

However in your case, I would sand completely with 220 grit, get it smooth, then go back over with 3-4 layers of gel and start resanding.

 

[Nathaneal Greene]

Hmmm… I forgot to mention, it was already 4 coats. Would you still do 4 more?

 

[Scott Danforth]

Hmmm… I forgot to mention, it was already 4 coats. Would you still do 4 more?

If your thick enough, then keep sanding

 

[froggy1150]

Are you sanding with a long block