Posted by flboy0638 on 09/01/10 - 5:42 PM
#1
Im back again. You guys have helped me with 3 or 4 issues so I am coming back once again for advice.
I am finished with repairing the inside of my boat. I had mine repair of screwholes, scratches, spidercracks, blemishes, ect. Anyways, I used formula 27 and loved it. Well, now i have white spots all over my boat and I want to paint them. I say paint but perhaps thats not the correct terminology. I bought some "desert tan" from spectrum gelcoat out in washington & i was going to mix it with some clear to make it stretch out an also because my old whaler is faded.
1. Anybody know if I can just get a small brush an paint it on over the white spots?
2. do you guys think its a bad idea to mix with generic clear from west marine?
3. what brand name of clear gelcoat can i use to mix with the spectrum gelcoat desert tan?
4. if brushing it on is a bad idea what do you suggest
Any ideas would be much appreciated.
Posted by John Fyke on 09/01/10 - 6:21 PM
#2
I don't understand some of the question. Forget the clear. Paint the boat. All or none. Sorry, that is my opinion.
Posted by flboy0638 on 09/05/10 - 6:11 PM
#3
Hmmmmm, I guess take out a loan and paint the entire boat is the answer..
Posted by todd12 on 09/05/10 - 9:00 PM
#4
To start I would call spectrum and ask what they recommend to thin their gelcoat. Some manufactures say acetone others styrene. Do you have a quart of gelcoat from spectrum or a patch kit ? if you have a quart of gelcoat it may need thickening depending the surface angle.. To get rid of all your white repairs you will need to sand wet/dry all the repaired areas. You will probably want to sand down to where there is a slight depression in the repaired area . Clean area with acetone, then apply the spectrum gelcoat , Probably a sponge brush will work best for you. Spraying would be best. There will need to enough gelcoat applied ( 3 to 5 coats ) so that it can be sanded smooth to the surrounding area.
Good luck !
Edited by todd12 on 09/05/10 - 9:04 PM