Hole and chip repair help needed

[KCKracker]

I am looking for help on how best to do fiberglass repairs. I have a Bayliner Trophy. My fiberglass has holes drilled I'd like to fill and some good chips. I wasn't sure if best to fill with straight fiberglass or mix up some peanut butter. Or use a epoxy filler? But my biggest question is how to make it the same color?

 

[todhunter]

You'll need to fair out the hole, patch with some CSM and resin, sand, fill, then finally, gelcoat. If you just fill the existing hole without fairing, it will likely crack and you'll be dealing with it again in the future. To color match, you'll have to buy different gelcoat tints and play around with it until you get the color right. I recommend watching this video. He also has a video on matching gelcoat colors here.

 

[Scott Danforth]

all the fiberglass repair information you could ever need is located in the stickies.

How To's and Other Great Information

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links 13 and 14 would be my first suggestion.