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yes they are. It's an 82 2001. Love the boat. I'll search for a picture of it.

that should be easy to do, did you decide on paint yet? was that you i talked to last year about the wolmanized wood somebody repaired your boat with? im trying to put a voice to the face

No, not I. But when searching for stringer wood for the Mustang, one of our local boat shops suggested wolmanized. I even knew better. Maybe that's the reason I ask for all opinions and advice. It's easier to sort through everything and make choices rather than listen to 1 voice.

sanity wrote: [QUOTE=Mojo] And 2. Re-Gel which you'll have to remove what's on the boat now (bringing it down to glass) and spray the new hardcoat. Moj', Why can't you re-gel over existing gel? Because of adhesion?

Michelle,
The way Dave worded the statement is confusing. No the gel doesn't need to come off the existing. BUT if the prep work is extensive (lots of blistering cracking) then it's easier to remove all of the bad original gel. Routing, filling and sanding is the same as paint.

ok. Thanks for explaining that. I went over the Mustang last night with a careful eye. There are no cracks, just blisters. I can tell you that I am now leaning more towards the gel. I'm pretty good at painting, but have never had the opportunity or desire to work with gel coat until now. My friend has all of the tools I can utilize,as he owns a body repair shop, but he doesn't have experience with gel coat either.

I will await your answer to Moj's question and will head in that direction.

I found Gary's thread but the pictures have been removed.
paint shaver pro

Gary,
Can you find your blister pictures again?


BTW, regarding the pictures - I found out the hard way one day when I was "cleaning" out my photobucket account that when you delete pictures they no longer come up here on the site. Being the computer geek I am, I never realized that photobucket posts are actually links to the pictures!!!

thats a loaded question, if i have a guy with a ton of money and he said spare no expense,i would gel it. i would estimate it at twice the normal paint job because it is labor intensive. I would go to town with a big smile.
its not a hobby for me so my opinion is not very valid in this situation. as I said earlier Ive painted boats 10 years ago and they still look good to this day with single stage paints such as acrylic urethanes and so on, even with bc/cc its a good durable looking paint job, but with bc/cc you dont leave the boat in the water and you take care of it, you wipe it down when your down, you wax regularly....there is alot of variables
its up to you and your budget.
make a list of what your intentions are with the boat and then decide, include is it going to be a boat for show or is it going to be a boat that you use all the time and so on, weather is also a factor, how much you use the boat is a factor

sanity wrote: I had a nice long talk with him (as it's not a "her" Mustang) and he and I are both very happy with the color change decision. I am going to reverse the colors of the Nautique for the Mustang. Chelle'

AH-OH, Are you seeing colors? Is the boat taking back? check for open paint or solvent cans in the garage. Get some air circulating in there..

While you do not need to go down to the bare glass before re-geling I think it would be better to do so. Adhesion of the new gel coat would be as good either way assuming similar surface prep, and better than even the best paints discussed above. However gel coat is essentially uv stable colored polyester resin. Poly resin with no reinforcing fibers is brittle. The thicker that gel is the more apt to develop stress cracks. Removing as much of the old gel as possible will allow you to get a good thickness of new gel down without worrying about it. Thats the way the logic has always played in my mind anyway..

worried about you girl, talking to 'things', spending the nights in the garage, posting pictures of yourself on the internet. Dont make me come up there....

Michelle,
I'd like to add that re gelcoating is relatively new (within the last 10 years or so) and there are lots of people out there still not familiar with the process. However, it's no different than spraying a heavy viscosity two component paint.

I like the old original colors. It just adds to the antique feel of the boat. I know it takes some getting used too but it grows on you. Look at both of my hulls= harvest gold? and gray on the ski. I really like them now, and it makes the boat stand out as something special. And will even raise the value of the boat to a collector. But a reverse version of JB's boat would be cool too. I guess you just have to go with what you really want. If it's in the budget and you find someone that can do it right, gell is the way to go.$$$

Mojo wrote: Hey Skinaut, Cool old Centurion.. What's the scoop with her? V-drive.. Lets see some pics... Moj'

yeah, sb chevy v-drive. I will start a new thread and post some picks of her when I got some more time. dont want to hijack sanitys thread

Go ahead, Lee. Post away. I would like to see it again myself.

I need to start a few threads anyway, I owe Kevin some pics of the folding tongue job on the cc trailer. Just not enough time in a day. I will get around to it. Need to run for now, its in the upper 70's today so I will run errands on the hog.....in a tee-shirt..Ha!