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How to repair gelcoat scratches, including filling, sanding, color-matching, spraying and finishing. 2 pages with photos.
[Cruising World, April 2000]
Tips from Good Boatkeeping by Zora and David Aiken on sanding, paint control, brush cleaning and storage.
[Cruising World, July 2000]
How to remove dirt, grease and stains, fill gouges and scratches, compounding and waxing, with a few tricks for postponing a paint job and suggestions for cleaning products.
[SailNet, 17 April 2002]
Choosing between oil-based enamel and two-part linear polyurethane, adding anti-skid ingredients, and dealing with cut-up areas are a few of the how-to challenges discussed.
[SailNet, 5 February 2002]
A discussion board and photo gallery for cruising sailors and wannabes focused on maintenance and repairs, tips and tricks, things that work and don′t work.
[Cruisers Forum, Buskerud, Norway]
How to mask a waterline for an absolutely straight paint job. 3 pages with photos.
[Sail Magazine, April 2002]
A pithy but useful list of steps you need to take to prep and paint your boat successfully.
[C&C Sailing Association Northeast, London, ON, Canada]
One paint manufacturer′s suggestions for preparing and priming bare wood, rough fiberglass, gel-coat, existing paint, aluminum, steel, plastics, ferro-cement, and other surfaces.
[Detco Marine, Newport Beach, CA, USA]
How to renovate crazed browned ventilator cowls with flexible linear polyurethane paint. 1 page with list of materials required.
[Sail Magazine, December 2001]
Wax can help maintain the gloss of your gelcoat, but when it begins to dull and chalk, you may need a range of remedies from polishing to compounding to sanding and using a commercial restorer. If all else fails, use two-part polyurethane.
[SailNet, 5 August 2002]Painting the hull yourself cuts the cost by more than 90 percent but diminishes the result by less than 10 percent.
Don Casey
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