[fishez4alivin]

I know how hard gel coating is and i would never encourage anyone to do it, especially with a dark color. I thought I'd regelcote my 20 MA black..yeah i know a horrible color to work with.....but i tried....I applied the gelcote and made several coats until i figured after sanding and polishing I'd have no problem with sand thru. Let me give you a very discouraging scenario.....you begin the wetsanding process...first with 800 wet dry, then 1000, then 12000, then 1500, as you are about to finish, you accidentally sand thru the gelcote trying to smooth out the very finest of of imperfections.....I tried to just regelcoat that area, and resand, but found that i sanded thru even more, and after finally getting it to where i thought it was good, I began the polishing process with 3M...only to find spots that werent sanded thru, but so thin you could almost detect the off white underneath...Regelcoting is hard and tedious....it frustrated me, so i finally succumbed to the fact it was too much work and primed the whole hull, and re sanded with 220 and top coated with Sterling Black, two coats, and four coats of clear coat, i sanded smooth with 220 between each coat. It was time consuming, but i got a finish that no one can tell is brushed and tipped. Ive used Awl Grip, Ameron, and Sterling, and in my opinion, Sterling was the best in getting the spray look from brushing, just remember to never to stop once you start, always have the reducer nearby, because if enough evaporates you will get sagging or runs. I would roll with a thin foam, solvent resistant roller, and tip with a badger hair brush. The way I decided if i had enough reducer on a given day, was to roll some paint on a glass pane, and tip it....if i got sags, i would add a little more reducer and re roll it, until i got the desired results....My opinion is stay away from regelcoting