Hi Arnold,

How would you compare the looks of a painted boat to one sprayed with gel coat?

Sherwin

Ystay wrote:

Hi Sherwin,
Generally, you can't escape brush marks when flowcoating. FYI, flowcoating
is where you apply gel coat (usually with a brush) hoping that it will
"flow" out like paint. Gel coat does not do this because it is too thick.
Spray grade gel coat is better for flowcoating with a brush but still does
not leave a pleasing surface. However, if the area is small like say a toe
rail or hull to deck joint then you may have luck using the softest brush
you can find. Most kayaks have their hull-to-deck joints flow coated.
Otherwise, its sanding time! Spraying is not much better; you get orange
peel (looks like the skin of an orange as opposed to the skin of an apple)
also because gel coat is too thick to go on smooth.

Arnold

"sherwindu" wrote in message
...
Can you get good looking results using a brush? Is there a problem with
streaking
lines? My buddy did his boat and possibly screwed up the brush work
because it
is very obvious it was brushed on. I think brushing would be a lot easier
for
the
boat owner to do themselves, as opposed to spraying.

Sherwin D.