Gel coat filler and tint

[kilkerr1]

We've got a few little dings and scratches in the unpainted gelcoat up top, and would like to get her all smooth and non-holey, so have some 2-part gel coat filler. However, Santa Teresa's topsides are a sort of dirtyish off-white. Very off-white. Attractive, eh? Anyway, we have filler, which is pure, startling white, and I was wondering whether these filler tints are any cop - woud rather me old lady didn't look like she's got chicken pox and covered herself in blotches of calamine lotion. Saw some off-white tints in the chandles yesterday and quite fancy trying it.

Any good? Or any other suggestions? Oh, and painting the whole topsides is not an option...

Cheers all.

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[tome]

Very difficult to get an exact match. Trial and error, and even when you get it right it will fade at a different rate to the rest of the hull so shows up after a year or two. I've had reasonable results on a previous boat, but could point out where I'd done the repairs a couple of years later.

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[kunyang]

I have just bought some tint etc. Havn't tried it yet, but the guy in Alladins Cave said it'll dry slightly darker

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[pandroid]

Rub the gel coat down lightly, which will no doubt show up rather whiter. Try and match that colour rather than the un-rubbed down colour as the repair will fade in a few weeks. Colour matching is difficult, so you need to experiment, and you need VERY little tint.

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