GelCoat or Paint ? Help!

[nymack66]

Here is my POA (Plan Of Action)

I found a very useful document on Gel Coat it did educated me with enough confidence to go with Gel Coat.
I will post it at the end of this note.
I am indeed planning on doing the “roll and tipping” method using the best roller money can buy and the same goes for the brush
My thoughts are simply this, apply a minimum of four coats, this should give me a build of 30ML or more thickness using a waxed Gel Coat reason for a wax gel it will harden to a smooth finish and give me time between weekends to work on it.
I will simply run a sander to scuff it when I need to apply a new coat.
I will place great emphasis on the type of commercial buffing compound and finish wax that I am going to use (compound and wax have come a long way)
I am in the process of fact-finding on this and will post the type I use etc later.
Keep the thoughts and ideas coming, collectively I think we can accomplish something with these collaborations and ideas.
Here is the hyperlink to the PDF on Gel Coats
http://www.americanmarinesupply.com/pdf/GelCoat.pdf

[kamikaze]

Nymack66:

Take a look at DURATEC Hi Gloss additive . It's a addtive that mixes 50 /50 with the GELCOAT to thin it out enough to shoot effectively and allows it to dry with a high gloss to eliminate the work of sanding / buffing mentioned earlier. I also heard Patch Accelerator works as well but I do not believe it improves gloss.

I have purchased some of the DURATEC Polyester Hi Gloss additive but haven't shot it myself as of yet. Understand you need a larger tipped HVLP gun to get a good even flow in order to reduce orange peel. I just got my gun from Northern Tool recently had haven't had the time to play yet.

Here's a cheap HVLP gun with a tip size that I have seen reccommeded for shooting gel coat.

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/w...9459_200319459

Here's link to more info on the Duratec product I mentioned

http://www.duratec1.com/dp07.html

Kamikaze

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by nymack66

Here is my POA (Plan Of Action)

I found a very useful document on Gel Coat it did educated me with enough confidence to go with Gel Coat.
I will post it at the end of this note.
I am indeed planning on doing the “roll and tipping” method using the best roller money can buy and the same goes for the brush
My thoughts are simply this, apply a minimum of four coats, this should give me a build of 30ML or more thickness using a waxed Gel Coat reason for a wax gel it will harden to a smooth finish and give me time between weekends to work on it.
I will simply run a sander to scuff it when I need to apply a new coat.
I will place great emphasis on the type of commercial buffing compound and finish wax that I am going to use (compound and wax have come a long way)
I am in the process of fact-finding on this and will post the type I use etc later.
Keep the thoughts and ideas coming, collectively I think we can accomplish something with these collaborations and ideas.
Here is the hyperlink to the PDF on Gel Coats
http://www.americanmarinesupply.com/pdf/GelCoat.pdf

Whatever you do, can we get you to take some pictures along the way...sounds like a great project, we'd like to see how it goes...

[nymack66]

Originally Posted by reelapeelin

Whatever you do, can we get you to take some pictures along the way...sounds like a great project, we'd like to see how it goes...

Please see this link for my progress so far
http://www.wellcraftv20.com/communit...ead.php?t=9457