Re: pic of work so far
im not sure what spots your refering to...(in the splash well)
but one small can for about 10 bucks...(the size of a little plastic wood can....know what im talking about?).....and that would be enough to do the whole boat.........and you could do everyting in the pictures you posted, in about 15 minits.......its just like really thick paint.
imagine poly resin with hardner in it.....put it on with a small paint brush....and walk away.....come back in 30 mins and its cured !.....just sand smooth !
then you could paint over it....(ondarvr would be the best for suggestions on small amounts of what kind of paint would adhere correctly).
but you could get the paint to match the color....
so use white gellcoat....and paint the color on.....the white wont match perfectly....but neither will marine tex !....so ya gotta paint any way.
when you sand it....just take a small sanding block...and sand it smooth with the surrounding area......then if you are gonna paint it....leave it at 320 grit....or if you wanna see it get shiney and white....go to 1200 grit.
Thanks Buddie, right after I wrote that i was in HUGE PROJECT!! 30' Scarab Sport overhual and was reading ondarvr post in there , and that hit the nail on the head , Where my diamond plate was , Its all cracked up and the fiberglass is cracked .
I was thinking i was going to have to re-glass that area, and i was also thinking it needs some support under there , its where everyone steps to get in and out of the boat while were tubbing . what i was thinking i could do it from underneath, I was thinking that i could glass in some plywood under there !!
Do anyone see a problem with doing it from underneath , instead of grinding all the gel coat off?? I am going to have to grind a lot of the gel coat off but not all of it , unless someone see a problem with doing it from underneath !!
On Ondarvr post he said you have to grind all the the gel coat off where the gel coat is all cracked up !! OK when i post some pics later there is one spot where It looks like someone dropped something heavy on the side of the rail !! now ondarvr was saying that you have to find out why is all cracked up , and fix the glass , I havent really looked that hard at it yet but I dont think there is anything wrong with the glass , should i reinforce that spot also ??
As for the gelcoat I got to do some running , and will look at the local marine shop here !! I still have some marine tex, but if i keep grinding here i am going to need more !!and as far as matching the gel coat I know it not going to !!when I was putting the Marine-Tex on I was thinking that I am going to have to paint the hole thing with primer before I paint her !!
Ok more later John
