Need Gell Coat Advice
 

Oh No!! I found a problem with my V this spring :bat:. I was out working on Her and was looking at were I am going to move the transducers mount my tabs. While I was inspecting the hull I noticed some white flakes in the grass in a closer look it as white epoxy or something like it. The previous owner must have beached Her or drug Her over something hard :nut:? But I need to fix Her up soon She don't deserve to look that way and for my " Dream Fishing Trip " coming up in 9 weeks. Any one know what to get and or how I can fix Her up I did take a few pic's of the damage. It's not deep the gell is just scraped off:cen:.

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That's Ugly but it still feels hard along sides of the scrape no soft spots.

had a similar gouge on mine from the hull striking the first crossmember on the trailer as i loaded it. i ground it back a little on both sides and glassed in a few layers of cloth, then faired and painted. you could probably get by with some marine tex and fairing, but i had the glass and cloth left over from a other project.

WOW i have never seen gelcoat deteriorate that bad.. I would sand back into the good gelcoat and reapply new gelcoat in several layers you can get a gal. of white gelcoat for $60.00 from Fiberglassite.com I have never sprayed it before but i think if you just brush it on in several layers you will be ok ,,,just make sure you dont add wax to the gelcoat till the last coat

Redneck, are you sure you aren't hitting on the trailer? My V20 hits the forward crossmember just in front of the winch stand. I ended up carpeting a piece of 3/4" treated plywood about 12"x24" and u-bolting it to the trailer for the boat to slide on.

As for repair you probably should run a few layers of glass tape, then gel coat over that. Just to be on the safe side. In the pic below you can see my repair, just three layers of glass. Didn't have to be pretty just functional.

Pic below. The plywood has broke, but its lasted 7 years so i cannot complain.

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