Because the section of the boat above the rubrail had many areas of spider cracking, I just removed all the gelcoat from that part of the boat. In some spots the spider cracking continued into the fiberglass so I removed that as well, and then put new fiberglass over the entire area. I used polyester laminating resin to do all gelcoat repair, which required painting with gelcoat so it would cure. Then sanding off the gelcoat so a final layer of Totalboat epoxy fairing can be applied and sanded down smooth in prepartion for the Alexseal primer coat.

Because the section of the boat above the rubrail had many areas of spider cracking, I just removed all the gelcoat from that part of the boat. In some spots the spider cracking continued into the fiberglass so I removed that as well, and then put new fiberglass over the entire area. I used polyester laminating resin to do all gelcoat repair, which required painting with gelcoat so it would cure. Then sanding off the gelcoat so a final layer of Totalboat epoxy fairing can be applied and sanded down smooth in prepartion for the Alexseal primer coat.

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Gelcoat spider crack removal. What a nightmare to repair, or so I thought until I consulted with Andy of Boatworks Today. He convinced me to just abandon the gelcoat and completely sand it off wherever there was spider cracking, put new fiberglass over those areas, and then paint the boat with a high quality marine exterior paint like Alexseal. So the sanding begins...

Gelcoat spider crack removal. What a nightmare to repair, or so I thought until I consulted with Andy of Boatworks Today. He convinced me to just abandon the gelcoat and completely sand it off wherever there was spider cracking, put new fiberglass over those areas, and then paint the boat with a high quality marine exterior paint like Alexseal. So the sanding begins...

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Rub rail removal. That big coil on the ground is the old rub rail. It was still functional, but ugly. It went to the landfill.

Rub rail removal. That big coil on the ground is the old rub rail. It was still functional, but ugly. It went to the landfill.

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Rub rail removal. That big coil on the ground is the old rub rail. It was still functional, but ugly. It went to the landfill.

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