Help with a Gel Coat Repair Kit

[cfelton]

Ive made quite a few repairs to my V and recently a major repair to a crushed bow on my buddys 86 V. I got a quart of white gelcoat from Carolina Classic Boatbuilders in Edenton, N.C. I bought a small tube of brown tint from West Marine and matched it perfectly. Different spots on your boat will require different tones or shades of light tan. Sand (feather out the holes or nicks) and clean well with acetone before appling gelcoat. Just pour a tablespoon or two in a shallow cup and add a speck of tint at a time and mix well. Paint it on with a very small brush and when the color matches add your MEK hardener. You can thicken it up with cabosil. Get yourself a quart of acetone before you start, it'll wipe the unhardened gelcoat right off and it cleans your utensils good. It takes a few trys but be patient, its worth it when you get it right. Build it up with a few layers and sand out with 400 grit, then 800 grit then wet sand with 1000 grit, then buff with rubbing compound, polish and wax. Good results takes time. Good Luck!