02-04-2021, 01:24 AM
macphanatic wrote:
Does it need to be painted? Have you tried cleaning and polishing?
A relative buys older fiberglass center console boats that have fallen on hard times. Gets them running, cleans them up, uses them for a few years and often sells at a profit. For the fiberglass, he uses a compound formulated for fiberglass and a random orbit polisher. With a little work, it's amazing how nicely the old fiberglass cleans up.
As I recall gelcoat is both thick and durable, hence it's use on boats, so I'd give the above recommendation a serious try before even considering applying new gelcoat. I'm trying to remember if gelcoat is one those coatings that's nasty and noxious and needs to be done by a professional with a respirator in a ventilated booth... I think it is (or was), but I might be wrong about that.