[Trayder]

TB-

since I literally re-worked and re-constructed the interior of my boat from scratch I had in the back of my mind re-gelcoating and kept nooks and cranies to a minimum. My boat is all flat surfaces with some easy rounded corners here and there.

On your boat with drain gutters hatch wells and all the other nice molded in features re-gelcoating would drive you bannanas.

On the exterior with the flat hull sides it would be better.

One thing to remember is with a premium paint you will get much more luster with gel-coat waxing is necesary.

I am not an advocate of either but as a do it yourselfer who like to try new things (yikes sounds like a personal ad [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]) I found the gelcoat pretty neat stuff, very forgiving because if and when you get a sag or a run all you have to do is sand and buff it out, also if you damage the finish in the future it is pretty easy to fix.


With all of that said I am now treating my re-gelcoat job as may people do primer on their mid eighties camaros, sort of an inbetween coat untill I find the right finish. Unlike an eighties camaro with a grey primer paint job my white gel-coat looks decent but it is far from perfect after seeing capt chuck's 23 with the signature finish I may give that a shot in a few years after my boat settles in.

Have I confused you any further...? Good I thought I may have [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]