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FamilyManCCF
Senior Member Joined: October-12-2015 Location: Rockford, IL Status: Offline Points: 106 |
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Posted: August-24-2019 at 11:30pm |
I am going to be repairing a small spot of gel coat damage below the water line on my 98 Nautique Super Sport. I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on a gel coat repair kit. Not sure if one from Overton's is good enough or if others have experience with other products that they highly recommend. I appreciate the feedback.
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1968 Correct Craft Barracuda
1998 Nautique Super Sport |
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Gary S
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Specktrum repair kit
Find your color,my 95 is silver cloud and go from there. Color was a tad too dark,I didn't have any tint at the time so I just used it. It's underneath so no one see's it anyway. Take a dremel tool and grind down the original gel around the chip so that the chipped out area has a taper \ / but at a lesser angle. This serves 2 purposes - gives the new gel more surface to contact and hides the transition between the old and the new gel. Clean the area with acetone. I use the screwdriver I mix the gel with to fill the chip,let it sit a little above the original gel. When dry carefully use a block and start sanding with say 600 wet and dry and just try to keep it on the new gel. Take your time this can go fast if your not careful The like if your restoring your gel carefully and slowly go to 800,1000,1200 or 1500 then buff and polish with the usual 3m products. It's actually easier to do than to describe it. |
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FamilyManCCF
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Thanks Gary. I appreciate the recommendation and the instructions!
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1968 Correct Craft Barracuda
1998 Nautique Super Sport |
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