On Apr 8, 10:33*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 09:44:19 -0700 (PDT), wheewhoo wrote:
Any advice, opinions, etc welcome

What size boat? *Can you flip it upside down to work on it?
Look at thread " Peeling fiberglass surface" that was running a couple
of weeks ago.
Does your peeling look like this?http://s958.photobucket.com/albums/a...0Seas%20Skiff/

Rick

Hi Rick, it is a 20ft boat, but access is ok to the effected parts. It
does look similar to those photos, but my coating is much thicker, and
is flaking off in much smaller parts, with only very small areas of
fiberglass showing where pieces have fallen out. The surface looks
more shattered than peeling, but that is due to the thickness of the
coating I suppose.

I'm thinking to just remove the coating, or gel coat if that's what it
is, and seal it up again. A very gritty belt on a belt sander would do
it I think. If this is a gel coat, is it normal to be so thick? Could
this also be layers of paint applied over the years? When crushed the
flaked pieces snap and are brittle. I suppose you are going to ask for
a photo now