poor hull repair

[dhughes49]

I bought a 96 cajun that been crashed into trailer on a windy day while tring to load apperantly scrapped the keel hard enough that the old owner fiberglassed it to strengthen it up. he painted it with a can of spray paint. the paint didnt stay on long but the repair has lasted it seems.i would like to make this look a little better and make the hull all the same color. What needs to be done???

 

[ondarvr]

Re: poor hull repair

This is one of the first times that a person has posted a pic of a repair done by the previous owner where it may look to be OK.

I can't tell that much from the pic, but it looks like you may just be able to prep the surface gael coat it, it still won't be a perfect match though.

The first step is to sand off all the old paint to see what the repair actually looks like, then well will be able give better advise

 

[dhughes49]

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ok thanks when i get it sanded ill take more picks and post

 

[Yacht Dr.]

Re: poor hull repair

*Lurking because that looks like ply* .. hmm ..

YD.

 

[mrdjflores]

Re: poor hull repair

it is a little suspicious looking...but hoping the best for you

 

[dhughes49]

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THANKS yatch Dr can u expand what you mean by PLY ???

 

[ondarvr]

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He means it looks like plywood, but I would say it's white gel coat that was glassed over. Get out the sander so we can see exactly what's under there.

 

[dhughes49]

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The way it was explained to me is that he overlaid the gel coat with fiberglass . then spray painted with an off the shelf can of spray paint. Ill get to sanding and come back with more pic asap. thanks

 

[ondarvr]

Re: poor hull repair

Glassing over gel coat isn't correct, but depending on how he prepped the surface and what the damage was like, it can work out fine.

 

[Yacht Dr.]

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He means it looks like plywood, but I would say it's white gel coat that was glassed over. Get out the sander so we can see exactly what's under there.

Yup..looks like plywood instead of glass/gel.

I have a good screen but bad eyes .. why all the black rot looking stuff under the glass then ?

Gel does not rot .. Glass does not rot.. so why the Black Blotches ?

Can you see from the inside ? If so can you post up some pics for that location please.

YD.

 

[ondarvr]

Re: poor hull repair

I assume the black spots are where the gel coat was either removed by the trailer during the incident or a grinder during the repair.

The interesting part will be to find out whether the P/O sanded everything or just slapped the glass on.

 

[Yacht Dr.]

Re: poor hull repair

I assume the black spots are where the gel coat was either removed by the trailer during the incident or a grinder during the repair.

The interesting part will be to find out whether the P/O sanded everything or just slapped the glass on.

Grinders dont make that kind of profile .. perfectly round in spots so close .. hmm..

But I will wait and see ..

YD.