davidpbo
Well-known member
Hi Folks.
I wish to do a repair on my deck. I have some cracking, I believe I have sorted out the reason for it and wish to repair the top surface. It has a moulded in texture and a cored balsa cored deck although I suspect in the area of the repair it may be something harder. My plan is to mask and smooth the texture somewhat, hopefully without going to fibres and either epoxy a strip of woven fibreglass over the smoothed area or simple paint epoxy over the area (neatly), then sand it and paint several coats of gelcoat over that and sand, T cut and polish it.
I have West systsms105 resin, 205 hardener, woven tape, pumps mixing containers etc.
I bought Plastimo Gel coat filler thinking it was gel coat, it is a Polyester resin presumably similar to the Plastic Padding Gel coat filler tubes. I don’t think the product I have is what I want to do the repair above, will it do or do I need something else?.
Is Gelcoat always Polyester based or can it be epoxy based.
The area to be treated will be about 6 inches long by 4 inches wide.
I did grind out the minor cracks and fill them with Gelcoat filler a few years ago but because of the textured surface it was not really possible to polish the area and now it is retaining dirt and looks a mess, an alternative solutions to the repair suggested above might be to clean it up somehow. Does anyone have any suggestions or experience of effecting a repair on a textured deck?
The boat is a 1989 Jeanneau Tonic. The Gelcoat is white (some were a creamy colour). Could anyone give an indication as to what products and pigments might have been used in the gelcoat and how I might match it given the age of the boat?
Any other advice and thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks
David
I wish to do a repair on my deck. I have some cracking, I believe I have sorted out the reason for it and wish to repair the top surface. It has a moulded in texture and a cored balsa cored deck although I suspect in the area of the repair it may be something harder. My plan is to mask and smooth the texture somewhat, hopefully without going to fibres and either epoxy a strip of woven fibreglass over the smoothed area or simple paint epoxy over the area (neatly), then sand it and paint several coats of gelcoat over that and sand, T cut and polish it.
I have West systsms105 resin, 205 hardener, woven tape, pumps mixing containers etc.
I bought Plastimo Gel coat filler thinking it was gel coat, it is a Polyester resin presumably similar to the Plastic Padding Gel coat filler tubes. I don’t think the product I have is what I want to do the repair above, will it do or do I need something else?.
Is Gelcoat always Polyester based or can it be epoxy based.
The area to be treated will be about 6 inches long by 4 inches wide.
I did grind out the minor cracks and fill them with Gelcoat filler a few years ago but because of the textured surface it was not really possible to polish the area and now it is retaining dirt and looks a mess, an alternative solutions to the repair suggested above might be to clean it up somehow. Does anyone have any suggestions or experience of effecting a repair on a textured deck?
The boat is a 1989 Jeanneau Tonic. The Gelcoat is white (some were a creamy colour). Could anyone give an indication as to what products and pigments might have been used in the gelcoat and how I might match it given the age of the boat?
Any other advice and thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks
David