272LE Hull Colour

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dennis young

I have to repair a lot of superficial scratch damage from hurricane Juan on the upper part of the hull of my 272LE. The hull colour is light gray. There seem to be two ways to go: (1)WEST SYSTEM suggests deepening the scratches (very difficult when there are many of them curved in all directions -- so maybe the shallowest scratches will have to be sanded down), then filling the rest with gelcoat and finally coating the entire area with a matched tinted gelcoat, thinned and sprayed in several layers -- difficult to match and difficult to spray without expensive equipment. (2)The simpler alternative would seem to be to fill scratches as suggested with untinted gelcoat and then to brush on INTERLUX Brightside polyurathane using their Seattle Gray or Dusk Gray (with proper prep. of course). Q.1: Has anyone done this kind of job? If so what method was used? Any helpful hints? Does this paint sag when brushed on? Q.2: Anyone know of a better paint match than either of the Brightside grays? Q.3: Would mixing the two grays get me nearer to the 272LE hull colour?
 
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stan

keep me informed...

Dennis, Doing similar project on an ODAY 240 (same boat only smaller). I'm tempted to go with the paint option, if the match isn't close enough, I can redo the whole section. I have tried matching the colors in gelcoat (have experience from a previous job) but gray can be hard to match. If you go for the color match gelcoat, thin the black pigment first. Even a little bit can be too strong for a small batch of gelcoat. I think the Interlux "Matterhorn White" is a good match for the bootstripe. Your choices in gray from the briteside selection sound like what I'm looking at too. If you mix some up, let me know how it looks. I'll probably be leaving the gray go until next year - still redoing the hull below waterline and really want to sail.
 
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Frank Conley

272LE Grey Gelcoat

Dennis, Check w/ Rudy at D&R. I recently purchased tinted gelcoat from him that is a match for my 272 cream colored hull. If anybody knows the formula for the grey LE hulls, it is Rudy. Good luck, Frank
 
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