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07-22-2018, 03:23 AM
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Forgot about the gelcoat thickener. Very helpful on radiuses, curvers & vertical surfaces. The photo of the port side stress crack is a 50-50 mix of gelcoat & duragloss. The pin hole sanded out nicely. Once sanded, I discovered with a straight edge that the fiberglass repair was too low so I had to grind out the gelcoat & build it up more with fiberglass.
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07-28-2018, 03:59 PM
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Sprayed the starboard side today using Wildfire's recipe. Looks good so far. Been 1 hour and the gel coat is already set up. Mixed 2 ozs and 5 drops of hardener. Had plenty of time to spray. Actually sprayed all the gel coat, then lacquer thinner. I didn't realize I missed so many small holes. Anyone tell me what I can use to fill them in, (fairing compound?), and respray or do I grind them out again and start over? They are hard to see in the fiberglass, but jump right out at ya when the light color hits em. It's a lot of work, but I do like the spray gel coat. I used the small HF gun @ 35 psi. Very good spray pattern. I probably when overboard on the masking.
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08-22-2018, 05:09 AM
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Purchased Evercoat Formula 27 filler. This stuff was a pita for me. Hard to mix so you had a decent amount of working time. Mix small batches. Easy to sand. I have sprayed the gelcoat. Best gun I found was the HF 20 oz gun w/ 1.4 nozzle. Blew thru 2 guns before I got it right. Small gun with dryer sucked. Mixed 3 ozs of gelcoat with 3 ozs of Duragloss, 6 drops of brown & 12 drops of hardener. Had good working time. I got the color very close. Pics of the boat after 220 grit sanding in the next post. I'll be cutting down the air pressure & adding the HF disposable moisture filters on the next spray. With 2 in line filters, I still got water. Articles I read says to place horizontal & vertical 1/2 inch pipe pipe after the ac with a drain to cool air remove water. I though I taped off well, but I found gelcoat over spray where it shouldn't have been.
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