On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 09:53:03 -0800 (PST), wrote:

Results were a little disappointing. I'm definitely going to have to
do a fair bit more filling in. I expected some wrinkles because of
the wax paper but it looks like I did not have enough gelcoat in the
middle of each side. At least from this point I've established a half
way decent bottom edge and enough of a surface level to work the low
spots up to. The area where I had the screws to set the level did
come out well and that's the most important point since the outdrive
will sit on that. Next I'll mix up some more gelcoat and trowel it
into the low spots.

http://home.earthlink.net/~jamesgangnc/gelcoat3.jpg

Ah - the dreaded "slump".

Out of curiosity, did you temperature match the epoxy and the catalyst
for set time before you put it on? Seems like I've seen that happen
before - the gel coat wasn't allowed to set up properly before
application.

That could cause you problems in the future if you didn't - not that
you didn't, I'm just asking. Be sure to rough up the underlayer
before you add more - light with 200 grit wet/dry before the skim coat
will do it I would think.

Looks like a great job though - nicely done over all.

Who cares about the minor whoopsies. :)

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