Because the section of the boat above the rubrail had many areas of spider cracking, I just removed all the gelcoat from that part of the boat. In some spots the spider cracking continued into the fiberglass so I removed that as well, and then put new fiberglass over the entire area. I used polyester laminating resin to do all gelcoat repair, which required painting with gelcoat so it would cure. Then sanding off the gelcoat so a final layer of Totalboat epoxy fairing can be applied and sanded down smooth in prepartion for the Alexseal primer coat.
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- Jan 17, 2024
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Gelcoat spider crack removal. What a nightmare to repair, or so I thought until I consulted with Andy of Boatworks Today. He convinced me to just abandon the gelcoat and completely sand it off wherever there was spider cracking, put new fiberglass over those areas, and then paint the boat with a high quality marine exterior paint like Alexseal. So the sanding begins...
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- Jan 17, 2024
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