Can you buy and apply gel coat, clear, over old, but smooth gel coat just to thicken it up. I'm talking about only two stripes that run the length of the boat.?? Can you buy it in spray cans or does...
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Can you buy and apply gel coat, clear, over old, but smooth gel coat just to thicken it up. I'm talking about only two stripes that run the length of the boat.?? Can you buy it in spray cans or does...
Crank68 - thanks again, you were so right about the gel over the silver flake, it's really coming along great. on the starboard side I went over the stripe with some 1500 grit wet sanding and...
Also!!! When I get the finish clean and glossy, what do I use for a sealer/protectant? Wax? or one of those sealers that (like NuFinish, or New Glass2) you only apply once every year or two. Wax...
OK! The silver metal flake stripe really smoothed out with a terry cloth pad on a 10" Harbor Freight buffer using Turtle Was Rubbing Compound and MEguiar's Fine Cut compound - not perfect or glassy,...
Thanks Crank68, that's good news and I think you're probably right: I spent a lot of time over the weekend with it and the sliver flake area really smoothed out, this was by using Meguiar's Fine Cut...
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Here's a shot showing the length of the stripe.
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First, the air horns were just a passing thought since they've just been laying around my shop. Didn't put them on. Now the silver stripe that runs front to rear on each side is the...
thanks, I'm getting an estimate from C&O Marine this week, really just need to get the silver stripe on each side done, it's about 5-6" wide and runs the length of the boat.
Did you try New Glass 2, and did you like it? would you recommend it??
OK, I've saved all this information and much appreciate it. However, what about those areas where you can actually feel the metal flake. It's like the clear is totally gone. It's only in one...
I wanted ask what you can use when the surface is "to the point where if ya run your hand across the boat, you can "feel" the flakes in the fiberglass, which would mean there's not enough coating...
is the 294 a 19' boat?
I wanted ask what you can use when the surface is "to the point where if ya run your hand across the boat, you can "feel" the flakes in the fiberglass, which would mean there's not enough coating...