GelCoat or Paint ? Help!

[spareparts]

with gel coat you will have to create the finish, meaning after you spray it on, you will have to sand and buff it out to create decent shine. I just got thru gelcoating my 14 McKee, I'm satisfied with the flat finish, so I'm not worried about it. Paint gives a much better finish, but it scratches easier than gel ,and its harder to patch(especially awlgrip), Stick with a two stage like Imron or Awlcraft 2000, you should be ok. Down load the Awlgrip manual form their website http://www.awlgrip.com/awlgrip_pages...tion_guide.htm

hate to tell you this, but I doubt you are near finished sanding. The first car I painted, I sanded till my fingers were bleeding, the guy who was helping me came over to look at it and told me, I had a good start on the sanding, I was allmost halfway there, to keep going. It was the truth, I wasn't ready to spray. read the awlgrip guide, its full of good information regardless of what you spray

[scook]

I know less than nothing about gel coat, but share Spare's car experience. An old guy in the body shop that helped me with it had a neat trick - sand it until you think it's perfect, then spray on a light coat of contrasting color primer. When you sand again, the primer stays in the low spots & scratches and there's no doubt where the problems are.

[nymack66]

Thanks guys , Gel it is , Wish me luck

[bradford]

I prefer the finish known as "Patina". It takes a lot longer to achieve, but it's much easier and enjoyable getting the finished product.