What material do people use to help make less noticeable scratches in white hull???? My h260 has a few scratches.
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Or better yet, gelcoat. If you can get a color match to your hull, then filling the scratches with gelcoat is the ticket. Of course, the tricky part is getting the result nice and smooth. Hand wet sanding with successive grits of sandpaper and finishing with compounding and polishing.
Depending on the condition of your topsides, that could leave obvious, shiny areas where you've made the repair, which will stand out more than the scratch did.
You could fill and sand all the scratches, and then wet sand the entire topsides starting with about 800 - 1000, to 1500, 2000, and then compound and polish (or some regimen similar to that). The information is out there on this if you want to pursue it. Reapply your boat name graphics and re-stripe the boat while you're at it.
All depends on how far you want to go with it. Although, ignoring it might start sounding pretty good once you see what's involved.
Or better yet, gelcoat. If you can get a color match to your hull, then filling the scratches with gelcoat is the ticket. Of course, the tricky part is getting the result nice and smooth. Hand wet sanding with successive grits of sandpaper and finishing with compounding and polishing.
Depending on the condition of your topsides, that could leave obvious, shiny areas where you've made the repair, which will stand out more than the scratch did.
You could fill and sand all the scratches, and then wet sand the entire topsides starting with about 800 - 1000, to 1500, 2000, and then compound and polish (or some regimen similar to that). The information is out there on this if you want to pursue it. Reapply your boat name graphics and re-stripe the boat while you're at it.
All depends on how far you want to go with it. Although, ignoring it might start sounding pretty good once you see what's involved.
If your h-260 is around 2000 vintage, no problem ?
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I will often do this when I am often at anchor, by myself, and getting bored. Even when I am at anchor with a crew, I will do that to get away from them. And don't worry about complications. Applying gel coat requires at most, a "grade four reform school education" for a permanent repair. A $25.00 investment will get you on your way.
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Gelcoat for Hunter 41DS repair in Europe -?
Hi, unfortunately someone bumped into the stern of our Hunter 41DS (2009). We need to repair the gelcoat, a spot of around 3x3 inches. I found via this forum the Spectrum colour WHITE EXTERIOR AOC 09-12 HUNTER, however they charge almost $500 to ship a quart to the Netherlands. Is there...
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I will often do this when I am often at anchor, by myself, and getting bored. Even when I am at anchor with a crew, I will do that to get away from them. And don't worry about complications. Applying gel coat requires at most, a "grade four reform school education" for a permanent repair. A $25.00 investment will get you on your way.
Less Noticeable? Before going the gelcoat route maybe try compound in decreasing grits and then a Carnauba wax. It depends on the depth of the scratches which we don't know. But I like to do the simple things first. When you post "Less Noticeable" that's different than indistinguishable.
Anyone try the new fiberglass scratch fixes in a tube????? Like "MagicEzy Fiberglass Repair". YouTube has videos about "Revolutionary Way to Repair Fiberglass MagicEzy". I think they started as a tile repair product. or "ankita" tube. So I guess these skip the hardener and resin mixing, but is this any good???
Hmmmmmm. I gotta look up applying gel coat too. But problem is if do more than few finger size areas, of doing square feet bits or more, then the boat will seem 2 color tones, old hull color and new gel coat white.
Hmmmmmm. I gotta look up applying gel coat too. But problem is if do more than few finger size areas, of doing square feet bits or more, then the boat will seem 2 color tones, old hull color and new gel coat white.
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I've used the Evercoat Gel Coat Repair kit that includes gel coat paste and several pigments. It's pretty easy to use and you can get close to the right color. You can buy it most online places.
If you have just gel coat, it will not dry exposed to air. There is an additive that you can add to gel coat that is a barrier between the gel coat and air to allow gel coat to dry.
The forum store has the match of gel coat with the additive in it.
Pictures would help go better responses
The forum store has the match of gel coat with the additive in it.
Pictures would help go better responses
My h260 hull seems different than other boats, it seems less hard and more plasticky which is fine and if they found better material I applaud it, so is the hull not a slightly different kind of fiberglass????? And by being white in all layers any scratch is FAR FAR less noticeable, it makes having a different color top millimeter of paint/pigment seem stupid and designed to need repair!!! So H260 seems to use different way that is better?
White gel coat is preferable since it does not absorb the sun rays heating up the cabin which are located mostly in the south. This is why a lighter color is recommended for a Bimini.
As for hull and deck layup in the mold for the Hunter 260, first gel coat is applied then fiberglass with resin and hardener. There’s two types of hardener one of which is designed so water cannot penetrate the hull which is used above the waterline and down to the bottom of the hull. Divinnycell which is a foam sandwich core is applied between the fiberglass matting gives you a lighter weight hull and deck as it gives structural integrity and allows for the hull to give a little which is best suited in trailering as an example
This applies to the hunter 240 too
As for hull and deck layup in the mold for the Hunter 260, first gel coat is applied then fiberglass with resin and hardener. There’s two types of hardener one of which is designed so water cannot penetrate the hull which is used above the waterline and down to the bottom of the hull. Divinnycell which is a foam sandwich core is applied between the fiberglass matting gives you a lighter weight hull and deck as it gives structural integrity and allows for the hull to give a little which is best suited in trailering as an example
This applies to the hunter 240 too