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Old February 9th 10, 02:21 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
mike
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Default Gel coat removal - water sanding vs. straight line sanding

On Feb 8, 7:00*pm, "Morgans" wrote:
"jsbrake" wrote

I'm probably not going to like the answer... I'm very glad that the
gelcoat on my mistress is in great shape.


*I can't imagine a reason to remove all of the gelcoat off of anything. *In
refinishing, you get down as deep as needed in problem areas and then build
it back up, scuff up the rest, and shoot a new thin even coat on the whole
thing, and be done with it. *Thin is the key; don't put on more than you
took off.
--
Jim in NC


I have seen several examples where someone attempted to remove only
the "bad gelcoat" layer. In a year or two it looked terrible!