re gelcoating entire boat

[parttime]

I want to re gelcoat my entire boat. It is red/gray now and I want to change colors althogether. I want to make it white with a black and yellow stripe down the sides. The bottom of the hull is grey. There is no metal flake in this. It is a solid color. How much gelcoat do I have to remove before I can respray? Do I need to go back to bare fiberglass, or do I need to "rough" up the surface and clean?

[Rollo331]

rough it up ,no need to sand it all off.....lucky you that it is all solid color will not have to mess with clear gelcoat

[parttime]

Thanks Chuck. You just saved me a bunch of time on the bottom half. Hope to work on it again this weekend. Should start with the new color soon. Sorry to take so long to get back.