Small gelcoat repairs

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Is there any experience of either of these 1 part fillers? Magicezy Yachticon
Both a bit pricey but they appear to be a lot simpler to use for the cack-handed and lazy.
I also discovered that Plastic Padding is no more but it's called Teroson and comes in a tub instead of the toothpaste tube.
 
If the area you want to repair is the same colour as one of the Magicezy offerings and it's only a few scratches, I reckon it's a no brainer. Trying to match colours is a nightmare. (I have that pleasure to come for the grey on my Catalac.) Otherwise, the Terosion is sooo much cheaper, but doesn't go into small scratches or stress cracks as well as come of the stuff that's designed for the job.
 
I have a follow-up question: if I'm using one of this type of filler, what's the best way to get a smooth surface if I don't want to sand back because the original gelcoat around the crack is already almost through the white?
 
I have used it on some hairline cracks and didn't find it as easy or quite as good as the marketing and video's suggest but maybe that is down to my skill level!
 
Wasn't impressed with MagicEzy back then, but I believe it was a different thing in the same packaging, or perhaps they just renamed it. I think what they were doing then was superglue with white pigment.

Osculati also has a 1-part gelcoat filler. I've tried that - it was carp and wiped right back off when I cleaned with some acetone.

Don't mess around with 1-part "magic" stuff, just get yourself some polyester resin, catalyst and maybe pigment and watch a few Youtube vids - it's not that hard to do it properly and the result is much better, can be polished and has the same chemical resistance as the rest of the gelcoat.
 
Yngmar said:
Don't mess around with 1-part "magic" stuff, just get yourself some polyester resin, catalyst and maybe pigment and watch a few Youtube vids - it's not that hard to do it properly and the result is much better, can be polished and has the same chemical resistance as the rest of the gelcoat.
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That sounds like the way to go. Why bodge it when you can fix it properly?
 
Rake out the crack slightly, sprinkle bi carb of soda into the crack, blob some superglue onto it. It sets like rock. then just rub back to a fair surface and polish it up. Not cosmetically colour perfect but quick and easy. Bicarb and superglue is a useful fix for all sort of things like when screws in plastic items have broken out of the screw thread and split the plastic. Much better than araldite and you don't have to wait for it to dry/cure. Use bicarb to build up around the hole and blob the glue on. Also useful for building up worn guitar nuts and other bits.
 
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