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tcave

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BRe gel coat repairs
« on: 06 May 2024, 09:48 »
My BRe has some gel coat chips on the internal cockpit. Does anyone have any advice about how I might go about repairing this. Including how i get the correct colour of gel coat.  Thanks in advance

garethrow

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Re: BRe gel coat repairs
« Reply #1 on: 06 May 2024, 16:26 »
Tcave

I am no expert on fiberglass, prefering wood. But - needs must and now taht I have a grp BR20 I have attempted to repair scatches in the gel coat. To get the right colour I suggest you contact Swallow and ask as this is critical. Thereafter I guess it depends on the type of damage - chips / scratches or stress cracks. If you buy a decent repair kit it will come with everything you need and clear instructions. Esentiallly it is a matter of roughing out the damaged area and then filling in with reson first is its deep, follwed by gel coat as a second operation. My kit came with bits of clear polythene? to cover repairs on vertical surfaces to deter running / sagging. After it has cured then rubbing down with progressivelyt finer grades of wet and dry to final polishing.

Good luck!

Gareth Rowlands
GRP BR20 Halen Y Mor