Learning boat repair the right way After thinking about repairing the canoe more carefully it seems doing it right is the way to go. I may be...
The AWLGRIP Knowledge challenge Thank you for the link to the AWLGRIP Knowledge challenge. That should help me alot as to technique. Just glanced...
Brush on or spray on I look at the canoe project as a way to get some experience spray painting. Want to paint my Jon boat next summer and want...
Spray gun specs Thanks, I will check here for posts on painting. The only painting I have done is with a spray can. Just need some...
Just read some not so nice postings about me posting until I get the answer I want. Not true. I post until I get a good sense of the project,...
Read this article on repairing cracked gelcoat. http://www.fish.state.pa.us/anglerboater/1999/julaug99/fibergls.htm Posts here and...
Well I guess patching the crazed gelcoat isn’t going to work. Too many cracks that are really impractical to sand completely out. My revised plan...
Need some help in choosing the right material to repair a fiberglass canoe with one small 1/4" hole and a spider cracked gelcoat covering. I...
Photos of canoe with cracked gelcoat As you can see there is not just one crack in the gelcoat. The cracks are throughout the entire coating. Do...
I posted here some time ago about refinishing cracked gelcoat on a fiberglass canoe. The consenus was to sand out as much of the cracks as...
the1much - We live in Litchfield, a little south of Augusta. There is a boat yard in Manchester called Clark's. Have never been there but my...
Thanks for all the good replys. Although it will be alot of sanding, it sounds like I can do this. I gather the best thing to do is sand out...
Thanks for the advice. It sounds like refinishing the cracked gelcoat will not be as difficult as I thought. I am a little unclear about what you...
Looking for advice on repairing a fiberglass canoe. This is not a simple repair but a major overhaul. A neighbor gave me an old 15' fiberglass...
