randlemanboater
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How do you go about fixing hairline cracks in the gelcoat?
How do you fix hairline cracks in gelcoat
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randlemanboater
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How do you go about fixing hairline cracks in the gelcoat?
Skools Out
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wow not easily requires grinding, glassing, and painted
if you want to just stop them from spreading just get some MAS Epoxy and mix a small batch and spread on the cracks with a bondo pattle and that will seal them and stop the spreading of them.
if you want to just stop them from spreading just get some MAS Epoxy and mix a small batch and spread on the cracks with a bondo pattle and that will seal them and stop the spreading of them.
Skools Out
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wow not easily requires grinding, glassing, and painted
if you want to just stop them from spreading just get some MAS Epoxy and mix a small batch and spread on the cracks with a bondo pattle and that will seal them and stop the spreading of them.
if you want to just stop them from spreading just get some MAS Epoxy and mix a small batch and spread on the cracks with a bondo pattle and that will seal them and stop the spreading of them.
Randleman, Somebody posted sometime ago about getting a small roto grinder and go over each crack and then go over with gelcoat. I had the same problem on the hull and simply grinded and reglassed over. Your spots will be seen though and even with gelgoat will stick out. Somebody here has the proper info. for ya.
Cracks or no cracks, you got yourseld a great V brother.
Cracks or no cracks, you got yourseld a great V brother.
Randleman, Somebody posted sometime ago about getting a small roto grinder and go over each crack and then go over with gelcoat. I had the same problem on the hull and simply grinded and reglassed over. Your spots will be seen though and even with gelgoat will stick out. Somebody here has the proper info. for ya.
Cracks or no cracks, you got yourseld a great V brother.
Cracks or no cracks, you got yourseld a great V brother.
bigshrimpin
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Gotta grind them out one at a time, tape off the area, use a toothpick to apply gelcoat to the gaps, and sand flush with the existing surface. Lots of time . . . but I agree with GMC . . . something isn't right there. If you've got larger cracks or voids thicken the gelcoat with cabosil.
bigshrimpin
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Gotta grind them out one at a time, tape off the area, use a toothpick to apply gelcoat to the gaps, and sand flush with the existing surface. Lots of time . . . but I agree with GMC . . . something isn't right there. If you've got larger cracks or voids thicken the gelcoat with cabosil.
Skools Out
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are the long cracks below the ones at the rub rail? that could be from someone turning to soon and struck a dock pilling with the side transom area 
Skools Out
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are the long cracks below the ones at the rub rail? that could be from someone turning to soon and struck a dock pilling with the side transom area
spareparts
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you'l spend all day trying to grind out each crack, you're better off grinding down the whole area, applying some glass/resin to give a noncracked surfface to work with, and build the gel back up. Once you have enough gel on the surface, you can block it straight. Its a lot of work. I've tried to grind out each crack with a dremel, its fine if you one or two cracks, but when you have that many, you have to grind down to the glass and fix the structure so they wont come back
spareparts
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you'l spend all day trying to grind out each crack, you're better off grinding down the whole area, applying some glass/resin to give a noncracked surfface to work with, and build the gel back up. Once you have enough gel on the surface, you can block it straight. Its a lot of work. I've tried to grind out each crack with a dremel, its fine if you one or two cracks, but when you have that many, you have to grind down to the glass and fix the structure so they wont come back
randlemanboater
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76GMC1500 said:
The cracks appear to be the result of close encounters of the dock kind.
The guy who had this boat was no boat handler. When we went for the testdrive, he got in the boat, I backed the boat into the water and he was almost unable to pull up the the dock to pick me up, a mere 15 feet away.
randlemanboater
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76GMC1500 said:
The cracks appear to be the result of close encounters of the dock kind.
The guy who had this boat was no boat handler. When we went for the testdrive, he got in the boat, I backed the boat into the water and he was almost unable to pull up the the dock to pick me up, a mere 15 feet away.
