1964 Traveler I Think

[SunnyD1964]

Is this normal after you sand off the paint? This is my first restoration.any advice is greatly appreciated and welcomed, trying to restore the whole boat

 

[matt167]

I can’t see what’s going on in the video but can kinda see you have sanded past the gel coat in the picture. That’s not good. Your boat isn’t painted it’s gel coated.

Very common to scuff and paint an old fiberglass boat. Just don’t try to remove the gel coat. To repair what you did just get a small amount of gel coat. Follow directions and paint it on. Sand it flush ( not through ) and then just scuff and shoot your paint

 

[MikeSchinlaub]

In the video, it looks like you're dealing with a poorly prepped repair from years past. If you have material flaking off, you need to get all of that off or your nex paint will do the same thing.

The picture looks like either lots of sanding with 36 grit or lots of beaching and sand bar hits. You'll keep burning through if you try to sand that smooth.

Post some farther out pictures of each side. If the whole hull is like this, and you want it back to factory, you'll end up gel coating the entire bottom. That's a huge job.