Good enough to eat 😁😁 any chance of a video on applying/spraying gelcoat on an external surface like a boat hull👍

@ecfibreglassuk

4 ай бұрын

HI, unfortunately we wouldn't recommend this as a DIY approach. We would advise having a professional boat builders /restorer carry out this type of work . They tend to have their own formulated Gelcoats /Flowcoats and perfectly temperature controlled workshops necessary for this type of application and years of experience and skill. For a DIY er I would say just use Marine paint. Not meaning to knock anyone's abilities but even with all our experience in the GRP industry, we would not tackle re-gelling a boat hull even if we had the space or a hull to spray. I did give this same advice once to an ex automotive sprayer. because of his background in spraying he decided he was going to try anyway. after spending a fortune on gelcoat and flowcoat, cutting back too far , buying more , re-applying back and forth he eventually gave up and bought paint and said he never ever wanted to try that again .😀 I would say however small areas of the boat are worth a try as shown by this guy here kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZZhstZqNnMa2iag.html but never a full hull unless it was a small rowing dinghy maybe? The other thing to factor in is that when gelcoat or flowcoat is mixed you introduce tiny little air bubbles into the product. these are exposed when you start cutting back into the flowcoat/gelcoats surface and become like microscopic craters and although when first finished and polished it may look amazing, these tiny microscopic holes will attract dirt easier than a gelcoat finish produced from a moulded application.