OK.. here are some of the photos from the interior of the boat. You can tell where previous owners had tried to seal some of the holes with some type of epoxy, marine-tex, resin or something. White, very hard and sloppy. I'm going to grind down these areas that have the stuff gooped on in the short term and try to get a much better result but somewhere short of restoring the entire interior this winter. I'll try to tell you where each photo was taken to help you imagine where it's at.
This one shows the "hollow" underside where it's chipping and can be easily plucked out.
This one shows a chip on the cap.
Chip in the floor but doesn't appear to be anywhere near as deep as the wood. You can see the gooped on repair that was done before. Don't want my results to look quite this bad in the meantime but glad they sealed some of the chips/dings that happened.
The glove box with some gel coat craters on the console.
This is one of the cracks that really bugs me. Don't like it one bit. Just beside the fish box.
The part of the liner that hides the fuel hose. Ugly cracks on the corners of these type surface in some places on the boat. You can see where they made some attempt to repair these areas by gooping on this material for a very unfinished look.
And of course we have lots of these in the boat in places. This is on the cap where I believe the outrigger clip mount was screwed in place. I know I can search for the standard procedure for filling holes.
If you guys could suggest any ideas for how to make some temporary repairs using whatever materials would be appropriate to just give the interior a better look. I'm assuming these floors are polyester resin that have been gelcoated and then had the texture pattern made in the gelcoat.
You guys can take some of the photos and tell me how you'd repair those areas, etc to seal them up and make them look decent until I can repair all these areas and paint or gelcoat the interior of the boat again. I just can't fit that in with the gas tank job I'm going to be taking on.
Thanks for your help. This site is such an incredible resource. Maybe in the future I'll be able to contribute what I learn from this to someone like myself that is not as experienced with gelcoat work. Thanks.
Scott
Atlantic Beach, NC