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Gelcoat
I have a 18ft Baylinner with a Cuddy and I need to Gelcoat it but
never did it before. Is it hard? I don’t want to mess it up. I’ve been told you just roll it on like painting a house. When I told people that I was going to let a marina do it they thought I was nuts, can anybody give me any advice?? -- Posted using the http://www.boatforumz.com interface, at author's request Articles individually checked for conformance to usenet standards Topic URL: http://www.boatforumz.com/Boat-Gener...pict14128.html Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg. req'd). Report abuse: http://www.boatforumz.com/eform.php?p=74189 |
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On 6 Mar 2005 13:47:18 -0500, steve620
wrote: I have a 18ft Baylinner with a Cuddy and I need to Gelcoat it but never did it before. Is it hard? I don’t want to mess it up. I’ve been told you just roll it on like painting a house. When I told people that I was going to let a marina do it they thought I was nuts, can anybody give me any advice?? Are you looking to refresh the paint or change colors? The normal method is to use a roll and tip method to repaint the boat with Awlgrip or similar. First, you are going to need to strip waxes, old chalky coats of whatever off the boat - wash it throughly - sand it (doesn't have to be a deep sanding - 80 wet sanding will be good enough - then it's a question of rolling and tipping the paint. It's not a hard project, but it will take time if you are doing it yourself. Or if you don't have experience with epoxy paints. Later, Tom |
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"emaildisguised" wrote:
On 6 Mar 2005 13:47:18 -0500, steve620 wrote: I have a 18ft Baylinner with a Cuddy and I need to Gelcoat it but never did it before. Is it hard? I don’t want to mess it up. I’ve been told you just roll it on like painting a house. When I told people that I was going to let a marina do it they thought I was nuts, can anybody give me any advice?? Are you looking to refresh the paint or change colors? The normal method is to use a roll and tip method to repaint the boat with Awlgrip or similar. First, you are going to need to strip waxes, old chalky coats of whatever off the boat - wash it throughly - sand it (doesn't have to be a deep sanding - 80 wet sanding will be good enough - then it's a question of rolling and tipping the paint. It's not a hard project, but it will take time if you are doing it yourself. Or if you don't have experience with epoxy paints. Later, Tom Just looking to refresh the paint -- Posted using the http://www.boatforumz.com interface, at author's request Articles individually checked for conformance to usenet standards Topic URL: http://www.boatforumz.com/Boat-Gener...pict14128.html Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg. req'd). Report abuse: http://www.boatforumz.com/eform.php?p=74202 |
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Just looking to refresh the paint, other than the gelcoat the boat
looks great. |
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Have you tried Oxalic Acid on it yet? I use "barkeeper's friend" (wear
rubber gloves) cleanser and a teflon scrub pad for the heavy stuff, then finish it off with polishing compound and a coat of good wax. Try a section- you may find that there's still a good finish under all the stains and oxidation. Gelcoat is a lot thicker than paint. "steve620" wrote in message ... I have a 18ft Baylinner with a Cuddy and I need to Gelcoat it but never did it before. Is it hard? I don't want to mess it up. I've been told you just roll it on like painting a house. When I told people that I was going to let a marina do it they thought I was nuts, can anybody give me any advice?? -- Posted using the http://www.boatforumz.com interface, at author's request Articles individually checked for conformance to usenet standards Topic URL: http://www.boatforumz.com/Boat-Gener...pict14128.html Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg. req'd). Report abuse: http://www.boatforumz.com/eform.php?p=74189 |
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On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 08:24:38 GMT, "Stanley Barthfarkle"
wrote: Have you tried Oxalic Acid on it yet? I use "barkeeper's friend" (wear rubber gloves) cleanser and a teflon scrub pad for the heavy stuff, then finish it off with polishing compound and a coat of good wax. Try a section- you may find that there's still a good finish under all the stains and oxidation. Gelcoat is a lot thicker than paint. I've heard of u sing Barkeeper's Friend for just about everything mechanical, but this is a first. Hey, give it a try - can't hurt. Later, Tom |
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Paint and gelcoat are different animals. If you roll on true gelcoat I
can only imagine that your boat will look a lot worse than it does now. Gelcoat doesn't 'flow' like paint, rolled on gelcoat can actually serve as a non-skid surface. Paint that is rolled on and tipped with a brush doesn't look like paint that is sprayed on. Picture painting your car with a roller and brush, that's what your boat would look like. Most likely all you need is to remove the haze as S. Barthfarkle suggests, or with any auto or boat buffing/polishing compound, preferably with a buffing wheel, and to then re-wax it. |
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On 6 Mar 2005 13:47:18 -0500, steve620
wrote: I have a 18ft Baylinner with a Cuddy and I need to Gelcoat it but never did it before. Is it hard? I don’t want to mess it up. I’ve been told you just roll it on like painting a house. When I told people that I was going to let a marina do it they thought I was nuts, can anybody give me any advice?? It needs to be sprayed. And the only sprayer you can use with gel-coat, is a Binks. |
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