Lots of opinions on how to lay it down. What to thin it with etc etc
I just jumped into it with the help of Richard from Tiny's Fiberglass.
Sprayed some small areas with a Preval Sprayer
i heard use acetone, don't use acetone, MEK Solvent, styrene on and on.
All I could find locally was MEK and acetone locally. Went with MEK
i think styrene brings out more shine and color in the gel coat, but since I was spraying down on the hull I didn't care too much
went on beautifully hardened in under 24 hours and sanded great. Lots of orange peel (because of the MEK) but it all sanded out
was very intimidated for the past couple weeks before starting the project
its not rocket science
follow directions. I even went a little light on the MEK P(hardener) and it still turned out fine!
Weve heard it a million times that prep work is key. This holds true in gel coat.
If you're on the fence, jump over and get it done.
Im not a very bright fella and my work turned out great.
Ill be redoing my whole boat in the next few years with a whole new color scheme. Thanks to Tiny's fiberglass and the great threads here on BBC
i will use styrene when I decide to re do the whole boat. It may make the gel coat "pop" and hhopefully there won't be so much orange peel to deal with.