Other Gel coat

[Jarr3tt_G]

Anybody ever re paint their ski with gel coat? Just curious as to how it turned out, I'm going to be repainting mine and I'm considering using gel coat.


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[bach6177]

Gel coat sprayed after rocker install. Looks great but takes a lot of wet sanding and buffing to get rid of the orange peel.

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[Jarr3tt_G]

Gel coat sprayed after rocker install. Looks great but takes a lot of wet sanding and buffing to get rid of the orange peel.

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That turned out awesome! I really like the way that turned out. How much gel coat did you end up using?

 

[bach6177]

I'm not sure exactly, its in bulk. We did it where we have the Backie Chans made.


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[Vumad]

Going to take a lot of finishing work over an epoxy primer, plus gel coat is poly based and probably wont bond as well as epoxy.

 

[Pro-pulsion]

Subscribed...I have been fighting with keeping clear coat on my ski for the last 4 years. 5 minutes in the water and it's gone like a fallen off decal. There must be something out there that will stick to SMC and be underwater capable...without paying a fortune. I want to try appliance epoxy paint next. I know it's durable on stoves at least

 

[bach6177]

Subscribed...I have been fighting with keeping clear coat on my ski for the last 4 years. 5 minutes in the water and it's gone like a fallen off decal. There must be something out there that will stick to SMC and be underwater capable...without paying a fortune. I want to try appliance epoxy paint next. I know it's durable on stoves at least

I always either do gel coat or get it wrapped. Can't go wrong with either.

 

[Vumad]

Subscribed...I have been fighting with keeping clear coat on my ski for the last 4 years. 5 minutes in the water and it's gone like a fallen off decal. There must be something out there that will stick to SMC and be underwater capable...without paying a fortune. I want to try appliance epoxy paint next. I know it's durable on stoves at least

It's not impressive if you want a showrrom finish. However, its a great 50ft paint job. It doesn't always hold up to impact but nothing is easier to touch up.

 

[Pablo]

Spraying it's not bad if u cut it with Duratec clear 50/50. I did my old SJ with it and worked fine. Sanded it down with 120/180/220 and sprayed it twice. Not showroom but still smooth and its durable.

 

[Quinc]

Can you do gelcoat in black and not have to worry about orange peel?

 

[bach6177]

No matter what color the gel coat, if it's sprayed it will look like a golf ball until it is wet sanded and buffed.


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[SUPERJET-113]

If you have a smooth surface to start with and you want gel coat(I would recommend auto body paint), you can add a additive that makes it flow out real smooth, almost paint like. I have used the Duratec high gloss additive many times and it really worked well, and makes for MUCH less wet sanding/buffing. Looks real smooth after spraying.

 

[Vumad]

No matter what color the gel coat, if it's sprayed it will look like a golf ball until it is wet sanded and buffed.


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What kind of gun do you use? I have only used a dump gun for gelcoat but have been told a HVLP gun with a 2.0 works.

I'm not a huge fan of my G100 in molds but it is easy to clean.

 

[bach6177]

I don't spray it. I take all my hulls to our backie chan manufacturing facility and let them spray it. I'm just lucky enough to get the task of sanding and buffing.


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[Pro-pulsion]

I just stopped by Lowes and never thought about it until I saw it...what about engine enamel? It's gas and oil resistant, high heat tolerance, high gloss finish...any thoughts?

 

[Pablo]

Engine enamel works but it doesn't have as high of a build that gel coat gives. I shot mine out of a HVLP gun cut 50/50 with Duratec clear. Black gel coat. No orange peel never sanded.

 

[SUPERJET-113]

Another thing about gel coat on a hull is that gel coat doesnt flex very well, and that's when you get the hair line cracks(but that is mostly cosmetic).. but its does take a lot of abuse.

 

[Pro-pulsion]

I just left the local boating supplies place and while browsing the painting supplies I saw something called Easypoxy colored top coat. It's a polyurethane. It must work just not sure how well without doing an epoxy primer first. I have tried Rustoleum paints, Tremclad held up the best, Duplicolor. Tried Minwax helmsman spar urethane, Por30 marine clear coat, all of them left the hull in less than 5 minutes of being submerged. The only clear coat yet that lasted the longest was made by VHT brake caliper clear but it took to the orange peel effect in a bit of a bad way.

 

[sneds]

A few of us around here have used a product called Endura. It's a 2 part paint, and it's held up great.

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[Pablo]

If u want to paint appliance paint is pretty durable and reasonable. I've put that on a few SN hills that lasted well. Single stage HOK paint has been my best bang for the buck though.