'Magic-Ezy' gel coat fix for chips & hairline cracks

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Does anyone have experience or informed views on this stuff: http://www.magicezy.com ?

I see It's available in the UK here for the chip fix: https://www.amazon.co.uk/MagicEzy-Second-Chip-Snow-White/dp/B00LCAFPPM
- and here for the hairline fix: https://www.amazon.co.uk/MagicEzy-Hairline-Fix-Snow-White/dp/B00J2I0CD6

Looks like a good solution for small dings here and there in gelcoat, but I would value experience on whether it's as good a solution as the more labour-intensive usual gelcoat repair process.
 
There's a link here that also includes my link at the end of the thread for when I get some in from Australia before it was available in the UK.
 
I bought a tube of this recently to repair some stress cracks on my anchor locker lid. The result was extremely successful. I followed the instructions exactly. Made sure everything was perfectly clean with acetone. Set the product with a hair drier. The job was probably easier as I could take the anchor lid off and do the repair inside. I have read other threads on here which suggest people have not been successful using this product. But that wasn't my experience.
 
RivalRedwing said:
Is it more than just a silicone sealant in a small tube?
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Best way of describing it is like a very fast setting gelcoat.
Certainly worth having a read up on it, I found it useless on a very elderly boat with very elderly cracks, but someone that I passed it on to had very good results.
 
It is a very thin liquid. You put literally one drop on the crack and spread it along the crack with a pin. I used a hairdryer to help it set quick and it was set in a few minutes. Each crack takes a few applications until the surface was level. I polished the areas I had repaired with some Farecla G3 on a rag by hand to finish and the results are very acceptable. I would say though that I repaired a horizontal surface and I think it might be much more difficult to repair a vertical surface. The white colour I used matched my fairly modern Jeanneau pretty well. May well be more noticeable on an older boat. Hope my experience is useful to anyone thinking of using the product.
 
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GregW01 said:
Tried this last week. Watched the videos, read the instructions - absolutely wasted my time and money. Followed the method exactly. Room and panel is at 22degrees, clean out with a pin, soapy wash, clean rinse, dry, apply & level with the butt of the tube. The problem is that the drop does not flow into the crack rather it smears across the crack. Wiped off with acetone several times, dried and tried again. No success. Emailed the makers - no reply. Now sending the panel off for traditional repair. Shame.
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Greg, I've had the same experience with the "magic" stuff being less than. I did since resort to using a pointy diamond bit in the Dremel, deepening the crack a bit and then filling it with Plastic Padding Gelcoat Filler (just use a wooden spatula to wipe it over the crack). Then sand, polish and wax and it looks like new. More work, but good result.
 
Did some spider cracks the other day, lessons learned, you do not get much for nearly £20, a pin or needle as suggested is useless for taking the muck out of the cracks, a fine bladed modelling knife was much better and a lot easier to control. It is not suitable for use in Scotland, needing something over 20c (or a hairdryer) to make it go off, you will need better tools than the end of the tube for spreading it, a body filler plastic spatula does a much better job. The 'miracle' will never happen but if you make several applications over a few days, then when it has gone off completely polish back with 1200 wet and dry and Tcut the spider cracks are a fair bit less obvious than they were before you started. Gel coat would be just as good, probably better, quicker too, the advantage of Magicezy is that it come in a tube in a limited range of colours and you do not need to mix anything. Essential to shake the tube before squeezing it out. The 'chip' fix version is a rip off.
Conclusions, slightly handy, massively overpriced and certainly not a 'magic' fix.
 
I’ve used the stuff on a hairline crack. At best it’s a cosmetic cure that can hide the cracks. I wouldn’t like to rely on it for any structural repair, but it does make a difference to the appearance of the crack. The “patented” end-of-the-tube squeegee is useless and just smears the sealant. Overall, it made the cracks less noticeable. The crack needed to be cleaned first, then several coats of the sealant added and wiped off by hand. Better than nothing, but so is tipex or other paint and that would be a lot cheaper.
 
I have read the recent posts with interest. It would seem that I'm in the minority in having found this product useful. I have absolutely no connection with it by the way. I have been trying to think what I might have done differently to those who have had less success. I used acetone to clean the repair area. I didn't try to use the end of the tube as a spreader. Instead I used a pin, or it might have been a needle, to draw the liquid along the crack. I did the job inside a warm house, on my kitchen table, not outside in a cold boatyard. All I can think of.
 
Scotsailor said:
I have read the recent posts with interest. It would seem that I'm in the minority in having found this product useful. I have absolutely no connection with it by the way. I have been trying to think what I might have done differently to those who have had less success. I used acetone to clean the repair area. I didn't try to use the end of the tube as a spreader. Instead I used a pin, or it might have been a needle, to draw the liquid along the crack. I did the job inside a warm house, on my kitchen table, not outside in a cold boatyard. All I can think of.
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That is the answer, the product is much better suited to the domestic environment than outside in our changeable weather, I bet you may not find it as good on the bottom edge of the transom when the boat is still afloat.
 
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