Rich Hampel wrote:
Usually the gelcoat is thick enough for MANY / SEVERAL such buffings...
but stop if you start to see the color of the matting layer start to
show through ... then its time to respray new gel or get out the paint
can..

this was very helpful
I know it's bad juju to post binary images to non-binary newsgroups, but
would anyone mind if I posted a close-up of the detail of the surface of
my 38-year-old baby for opinions in regard to the above?