[Scott]

ob1
I'm curious to see how Rich makes out with the process. I personally can not imagine wetsanding rolled orange peel out of my entire hull !! The area that he is doing is just about equal to doing the hull side ...cept there is alot more nooks and crannys to deal with. I've wetsanded several hulls , including mine, for cosmetic reasons to bring back gloss. There's no peel involved and its still a monumental sp? task ...I HATE IT. Then trying to fair out peel(that was rolled on) with 400 ..WOW. I too have always used a DA to sand gelcoat prior to wetsanding and buffing out. Its always faired out beautifully. Even if you screw it up, sure you'll need to recoat, its not that big a deal. ...I would think doing it all by hand would also lead to variations and irregularities in the surface ... you can get variation in wetsanding(for cosmetics) as I mentioned above and you dont even have to worry about getting the surface smooth.

How many hulls have you finished like this,just wetsanding ?? Talk about alot of work !!! YIKES