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10-11-2017, 07:57 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Cape Cod
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Operator error
Looking for suggestions on how to fix....
Fill, sand, gel coat?
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10-11-2017, 09:06 PM
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Location: Warwick RI,02889
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WHAT IS IT /?????????
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ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE !!!
MIKE
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10-11-2017, 10:00 PM
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Location: Libtardia
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If you can’t match the gel coat color, I’d fill with west system and medium density micro balloons so you can sand it somewhat easily. Then I’d scuff up the whole transom and paint it with a topside paint.
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10-12-2017, 01:42 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: On my boat
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nebe
If you can’t match the gel coat color, I’d fill with west system and medium density micro balloons so you can sand it somewhat easily. Then I’d scuff up the whole transom and paint it with a topside paint.
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Good advice.
Transom will probably look good when done.
What about the stb aft corner where the damage is 🤔
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10-12-2017, 02:00 AM
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Location: On my boat
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Guppy
Looking for suggestions on how to fix....
Fill, sand, gel coat?
Attachment 64630 |
Looks to be plain white gel coat and lower stb corner so a blend not a big issue.
Sand area, rough up gouges with 60-80 grit, wash with acetone, fill with (looks to be just gel coat gouged, not glass) poly fare or other filler, 3 coats of gel coat, last coat sprayed mix 50/50 with duratech clear. Sand & buff.
1 day job for me.
You will need to redo the boot stripes also.
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10-12-2017, 03:31 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
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Ray, what the hell did you crash into????
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No boat, back in the suds.  
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10-12-2017, 03:32 AM
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#7
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Somerset MA
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ouch and All those at once.. looks like I drove your boat
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10-12-2017, 04:48 AM
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#8
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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Geez Ray that sucks...musta cursed a few good ones.
Easily fixed though as already advised.
Happen on the water or on the trailer?
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10-12-2017, 06:18 AM
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#9
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Cape Cod
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Stb aft corner....
Tied up to a float in river with tide and wind against me...
Hadn't noticed rub guard missing but not the mounting screws...
Once I took off couldn't stop or end up on rocks......
It sounded just like it looks... :-(
What day u free Ron... ;-)
Probably fill soon and finish warm weather next year....
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10-12-2017, 06:22 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cumberland, RI
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Hardest part will be matching the color. If "pretty close" is good enough, that's no harder than repairing drywall. While Ronnie's advice is likely dead-on. You could easily fill sand repeat w/o needing to spray. I filled a nice "learning gauge" on my boat and i have a tough time finding it. To me... that's "pretty good".
One thing to remember, the gell coat ON your boat has likely faded a bit so don't be surprised if the repaired (and surrounding) area is a bit darker than the rest of the hull.
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Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement -- Keith Benning
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10-12-2017, 09:00 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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ya that is not going to buff out Ray
is that from a dock or multiple times on and off a trailer? Put a wheel on the dock corner or fix the guide posts of the trailer, then repair the damage so you don't operator error again
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It's time more people spoke up with the truth. Every time we let a leftist lie go uncorrected, the commies get stronger.
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10-12-2017, 10:19 AM
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Callinectes sapidus
Join Date: Oct 2001
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Leave it be....adds character
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 ... it finally happened, there are no more secret spots
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10-12-2017, 05:58 PM
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#13
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Cape Cod
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slipknot
ya that is not going to buff out Ray
is that from a dock or multiple times on and off a trailer? Put a wheel on the dock corner or fix the guide posts of the trailer, then repair the damage so you don't operator error again
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Bruce, see #9 |
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10-12-2017, 06:49 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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I see now
Better luck next time
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10-12-2017, 06:58 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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gup
i like plastic squeegees because the resin won't stick
to it and will peel or crack right off.
cat food cans make great little resin tins for hot batches
careful on the additive though
or you'll have it turn right to jelly
before your ready to parge it over the crack.
actually it's the same as screeding cement except you have
less time to get it right before it starts to set
you just mix in the hardener until you see either bubbles or
the batch starts to turn greenish
i love the smell of resin in the morning
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10-12-2017, 07:17 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
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Ray, see Ronnie's post. I thought two coats would do it, but it would take me a couple days... DA sander will make it shorter work compared to RO sander. (of course our contractors' compressors won't keep up, so you will need a larger supply tank) See if you can tint the filler white.... 's just a flesh wound....
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10-13-2017, 07:25 PM
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#17
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Burnt Hills, New York
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Guppy
Stb aft corner....
Tied up to a float in river with tide and wind against me...
Hadn't noticed rub guard missing but not the mounting screws...
Once I took off couldn't stop or end up on rocks......
It sounded just like it looks... :-(
What day u free Ron... ;-)
Probably fill soon and finish warm weather next year....
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Ray, remind me never to loan you my boat !!!! OUCH !!!!! |
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10-14-2017, 04:20 AM
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#18
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Cape Cod
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fish raptor
Ray, remind me never to loan you my boat !!!! OUCH !!!!!
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Never loan me your boat |
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07-28-2018, 11:39 AM
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#19
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Cape Cod
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Grrrrrr
First round of gel coat never hardened,,,
Had to scrape/clean it all offa d start over...
The hardner that came with the gel was junk,,, too old? 
Picked up a new tube and gel went off like a rocket in this heat....
This is it for now... going fishing.... 
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07-28-2018, 06:03 PM
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#20
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Registered User
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Location: marshfield
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did the same thing first go around, live and learn
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my 1st wife didn't like me fishing so much
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07-28-2018, 07:29 PM
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#21
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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Guys, be more careful.
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07-29-2018, 01:26 AM
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#22
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Location: Cape Cod
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Quote:
Originally Posted by niko
did the same thing first go around, live and learn
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That’s me,,, trial and error
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sea Dangles
Guys, be more careful.
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08-03-2018, 08:47 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Marshfield, MA
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I think that looks great guppy.
Seems a better color match in 1 pic than the other?
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Jon, 24' Nauset-Green Topsides, Beamie, North River. Channel 68/69. MSBA, NIBA
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08-04-2018, 12:24 AM
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Nice
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