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[Cowboy]

On Tuesday 26 May 2009 08:43 pm, Ron Youvan wrote:
>  
>  >   Somebody told me it was time to get some gel-coat or equiv and paint it...
>  >but, here again, HOW?
>  
>     "Gel-coat" is a polyester resin used on the surface of fiber glass 
>  (and epoxy resin)
>  boats because epoxy weathers so poorly and polyester resin weathers so well.
>  It can be had in quart cans with a liquid hardener packaged 
>  separately.  It can be
>  brushed on, use a "chip brush" and throw it away when you are done.

 Gel coat is water proof, fiberglass is not.
 The right epoxy weathers just fine.

 The real reason for gel coat is so that when a hull is sprayed, that the
 cured fiberglass can be removed from the mold.
 A benefit is that the make-up of gel coat does weather well, and will
 take dye, so that it can be dyed to any color you like.

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Cowboy