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wlagarde, thanks. You answered what I needed to know. I am not after perfect but I do want to make the splatter holes level. I will do the three coats. I thought if I went a little heavy the gel coat would fill in with one spray. This is my transom and once I mount the plate I do not plan on going back in there.

dougt, I am adding the wax hardener so no need for the PVA

A related issue. I have bottom paint and filled in my transom drain that was submerged. I have the ablative paint but I was wondering if I could use my epoxy resin (West System or SB-112) as an underlay to the bottom paint and overlay the gel coat repair. Just the one drain (6" rounded area) plus a couple of transducer mount areas. Do I just paint over the area or do I need to get a product for sealing the transom before painting. Thanks.

Garris