Ok gentlemen , I purchased a 1975 Montgomery 17at an auction with trailer and a 3.9 Volvo outboard for $100.00 a couple of years ago and I am restoring it now it hasn't been in water for approximately 15 years first thing I did was took it to a carwash and spent$20.00 to clean it up. Came out looking pretty good. I'm in the process of redoing the keel . It had a nasty split in it so I cut out a section and put a coat of liquid aluminum on the led pellets after grinding that smooth I put a coat of body filler with fiberglass strands in it . Now I'm debating whether I should also put a layer of fiberglass matting on it or should I just put a coat of epoxy on it ? . On Sun, Jun 2, 2019, 11:44 PM Henry Rodriguez <heinzir@gmail.com> wrote:
I’ve found Rustoleum “Canvas White” is a pretty good match. This is what I used when I rebuilt the transom on Monita.
Henry Monita 1979 M17 #310
On Sun, Jun 2, 2019 at 12:30 PM John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
What does anyone here use for "paint" on top of resin, when you've done some kind of small resin/filler repair topsides, and need to cover it?
Mainly to protect the resin from UV, and, cover whatever color the resin/filler spots are with something at least vaguely matching your topside gelcoat or paint?
For example holes filled when moving cleats, tracks, etc. or replacing them with ones that have different mounting hole locations.
Jerry recently wrote: "I've done a bazillian repair jobs over the years... For nearly everything, polyurethane auto paint is far better than gel coat. It's WAY more UV resistant and therefore stays shinier longer and doesn't fade as much as re-sprayed gel and is much easier to apply."
Anyone tried this for small stuff like I'm talking about? A can of polyurethane spray paint from local auto parts store?
There are usually so many different shades available, I could probably get close to matching my faded-white-ish aged gelcoat.
thanks, John
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