Advice for painted gelcoat

[Eric Lorgus]

Dan,I have a 1983 H54, which I bought from the original owner last year. He took good care of it, but at some point he apparently painted the deck and hull.I have some streak marks on the hull, from water draining through the toe-rail cutouts near the stern. What is your advice for cleaning the streaks, as well as any specific advice for restoring shine and luster to a painted hull?Eric Lorguss/v Impulse 83H54

 

[Dan Ulrich]

Painted Gelcoat (Eric)

The general consensus seems to be any product containing Oxalic acid to clean scum streaks. It is available under different brand names soch as clenz-all along with its own name in powdered and liquid form. As far as paint, it depends on what type, check the Island Girl line of products, and maybe a post to it's president Dr. Willis in the gelcoat

 

[Matt]

Not much you can do, short of

repainting. Stripping the paint will not do much good because before you paint over a gelcoat, you have to sand it until the gloss is gone.

 

[Ajax]

Clean the streaks and then wax!

It works well on the paint on my boat.