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| I had to pull my boat up to the shore and it was shallow, anyway I scuffed the bottom.
This is my first glass boat, how deep do they have to be before I should be concerned?
They are surface but there is one a bit deeper, no glass showing, can they be repaired? |
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| Get a gel coat repair kit and just follow directions. A couple of hours and you are all fixed. You have to to go pretty deep to be concerned. |
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| mooreyes there is a layer of kevlar on keel of you boat, there are 13 layers of fiberglass on the bottom of your 1890 osprey, i would run your boat this summer and take her in this winter and get the scuff fixed you would have to really put a very deep scratch to be concerned, the gell coat is like paint on a aluminum boat, if there is no glass showing i would not be concerned, nice thing about fiberglass it will look like new when repaired, mike lewis |
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| what about fixing superficial scratches in the gel coat on the sides of the boat?
any advice for touching up those minor bumps and bruises at the end of the season?
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Posts: 1991
| First scuff is always the worst!!
Thanks for the advice |
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| final finish rubbing compound, with a buffing wheel, works really good, make sure you wax your boat after buffing scratches out. i have a few on mine already, they came right out.be careful not to buff too much you will go through gel coat,  |
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Posts: 1991
| Mike, or whomever, when the build a glass boat how do they build the layers? And thickness?
Gelcoat is the outside, what comes after? |
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| I think this would make an excellant slide show for the GTG this September. I'll bring the laptop and the projector!
Steve Bendall, when should I come down and get some shots of the process? Road trip! |
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| Shep - 8/6/2007 11:29 AM
I think this would make an excellant slide show for the GTG this September. I'll bring the laptop and the projector!
Steve Bendall, when should I come down and get some shots of the process? Road trip!
Shep do you need help??? Road trip???
That would be a neat show |
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Location: DeForest, WI | Shep,
Fiberdome used to be a customer of mine, before they went primarily boat!!! NOT A BAD THING!! They are only a half hour from the casa. When you come down let me know. I will meet you in the Mills. Couple good earteries near buy. I'll buy lunch and we can talk fishing.
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| Don't think Fiberdome is primarily boat, but no matter. I will be down that way soon. I'll let you know when. Hoping they get in the new building soon. Then I can get the dime tour! I haven't seen the process in a long time. I don't even think they had the 1760 out yet. 18' Rampage was the big boat then.
Edited by Shep 8/10/2007 7:50 AM
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| maybe Tuffy will host a tour day for interested owners and team members?
it would really help us when we're talking to people about the boats.
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Location: WI | One man's road trip is a five minute walk for me. |
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Scuffed the bottom of my Tuffy