Yacht Dr.
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Re: Gelcoat or Fiberglass repair?
You mean like a shopping list of stuff ? .. wow..tall order there m8
... Hmm..lets see here...
1. Die grinder with a Rasp bit ( I like the Rasps or carbides better then the stone bit .. less fine dust flyin ). No need for a 4.5" grinder. A Dremel could work..but to buy the right bit you could have bought a HF Die grinder at the same cost.
2. Resins/fillers/gelcoat.
2a. I am going to assume you have a newer boat due to the pictures ( nice shine and multi-piece-bow roller ) try to get the factory gelcoat. Post your year/make/model and I think I could help on the Gel code.
2b. I would normally recommend making your own fillers with resin and cabosil/glass .. but from your limited repair I think it would be more economical to just buy "pre made fillers". Get some glass hair filler and some glaze filler in the smallest amount possible.
3. Box of latex "powdered" gloves ( helps to quick change gloves when needed ).
4. Plastic spreaders ( you can cut these thing to any shape and size ).
5. Multipack of sand paper ( 40 grit should be in there..up to 120 if possible ). The rest of the sand paper can be bought one sheet at a time at your local autobody shop supplier.
6. 1 Qt. of acetone should be all you need. But if 2 Qts are the same price as a Gal .. pick up the Gal size.
7. Roll of paper towels ( and a few cut up cotton t-shirts for final wipedown ).
8. A preval or 2 if you plan on Spraying the repair.
9. Buff it now or later .. you can just sand it down to like 1000 grit and leave it till your next rub out..or buff it out now ( It would be nice to borrow a buffer from a friend ..its only gonna take you 5 min to buff out to shine ..kinda sucks to dump 50 bucks on a cheap buffer for 5 min lol ).
I can think of more sundries ..but for now this will do..
I would never hand sand for repair prep .. just me though. Use the Die grinder I suggested above.
I would Remove your bow eye before even starting the glass repairs. Your in for 10 min gettin the eye out..and probably 10 min ( call it 20 min for 2 guys at 10 min each ) to reinstall the eye with fender washers or a backing plate. Cheap labor for a secure tow feature dont you think .. You will save that in time alone trying to work around that thing.. get it out of there.
More pics the better..
YD.
PS. I do not agree suggesting an Iboats member to just ONE contributor .. please Anyone speak up at Anytime to put your comments/Ideas up on a thread.
You mean like a shopping list of stuff ? .. wow..tall order there m8
... Hmm..lets see here...1. Die grinder with a Rasp bit ( I like the Rasps or carbides better then the stone bit .. less fine dust flyin ). No need for a 4.5" grinder. A Dremel could work..but to buy the right bit you could have bought a HF Die grinder at the same cost.
2. Resins/fillers/gelcoat.
2a. I am going to assume you have a newer boat due to the pictures ( nice shine and multi-piece-bow roller ) try to get the factory gelcoat. Post your year/make/model and I think I could help on the Gel code.
2b. I would normally recommend making your own fillers with resin and cabosil/glass .. but from your limited repair I think it would be more economical to just buy "pre made fillers". Get some glass hair filler and some glaze filler in the smallest amount possible.
3. Box of latex "powdered" gloves ( helps to quick change gloves when needed ).
4. Plastic spreaders ( you can cut these thing to any shape and size ).
5. Multipack of sand paper ( 40 grit should be in there..up to 120 if possible ). The rest of the sand paper can be bought one sheet at a time at your local autobody shop supplier.
6. 1 Qt. of acetone should be all you need. But if 2 Qts are the same price as a Gal .. pick up the Gal size.
7. Roll of paper towels ( and a few cut up cotton t-shirts for final wipedown ).
8. A preval or 2 if you plan on Spraying the repair.
9. Buff it now or later .. you can just sand it down to like 1000 grit and leave it till your next rub out..or buff it out now ( It would be nice to borrow a buffer from a friend ..its only gonna take you 5 min to buff out to shine ..kinda sucks to dump 50 bucks on a cheap buffer for 5 min lol ).
I can think of more sundries ..but for now this will do..
I would never hand sand for repair prep .. just me though. Use the Die grinder I suggested above.
I would Remove your bow eye before even starting the glass repairs. Your in for 10 min gettin the eye out..and probably 10 min ( call it 20 min for 2 guys at 10 min each ) to reinstall the eye with fender washers or a backing plate. Cheap labor for a secure tow feature dont you think
.. You will save that in time alone trying to work around that thing.. get it out of there.More pics the better..
YD.
PS. I do not agree suggesting an Iboats member to just ONE contributor .. please Anyone speak up at Anytime to put your comments/Ideas up on a thread.
