The pictures appear to show it is paint. Gel is porous and typically won’t delaminate like that.Looks like original gel. thank you for your time to look.
Thickness will tell.Thank you, best way to determine paint or gel coat would be.
That's what I was thinking: Paint is thin, gel coat is not. Be fearless, pop one,...Thickness will tell.
Gelcoat will be about 15-25 mil thick. Cured 2part paint will be 3-5 mil thick. I don't remember how thick 1 part paint would be bcuz I haven’t used it in 20 +years.
I wonder if it could be something weird like a polymer clear coat or Polyglow. Either way, it isn’t adhering to the substrate, so it will have to be stripped off.
Maybe you could peel of one of the blisters and take a look at the thickness and color and transparency.
Paint thickness will typically fall at a Max thickness you've stated, usually about half that but it depends. They also could have put on more than one coat.Thickness will tell.
Gelcoat will be about 15-25 mil thick. Cured 2part paint will be 3-5 mil thick. I don't remember how thick 1 part paint would be bcuz I haven’t used it in 20 +years.