My 1992 Hunter 33.5 has several small "dings" where the deck area fiberglass has been damaged. Is there a "repair" product out there? Something like "plastic wood" for fiberglass that dries white. Thanks.
fiberglass repair question
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Depending on the job , I have had good success with Marine Tex. also West System has fillers etc which are white
Would be good to have pictures. White gel coat is what it sounds like you need. Do not use an epoxy product as it will yellow and fail after a couple of years. Epoxy has poor UV resistance and if this is on your deck I assume it will be exposed to sun light. A gelcoat mixed with filler should work for small repairs. you should be able to get this at West marine. Good luck
If you just need to repair dings in the gel coat and it is not structural then you can buy gel coat to match your Hunter boat here, http://www.iboats.com/Hunter-Sailbo...3670713--session_id.337990130--view_id.823524
Google "gel coat repair" to see how it is done.
good luck, Bob
Google "gel coat repair" to see how it is done.
good luck, Bob
It's incredible all the bad information one can get here. Watertight is a blue green epoxy product designed for under the waterline use and not for gelcoat repair. Most epoxy products are incompatible with gelcoat and are far too expensive for average repair jobs. Use polyester. You can fill "dings" with white gelcoat and if you use the kind with wax, then it will cure without having to apply a PVA (poly vinyl alcohol) product or wax paper, etc. over it to eliminate the air so it will cure. Evercoat also makes a product called gel coat scratch patch which comes in white and is in a tube and designed to deal with simple gel coat ding repairs.
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