This article was originally published in December 2000 on SailNet.
Through SailNet's "Ask the Expert's" program, a significant number of users have requested help in rejuvenating or repairing the gelcoat on their boats. Problems cited include chalking, fading, crazing, chips, and cracks. In hopes of answering all of those questions at once, I thought I would provide a short course on gelcoat.
Through SailNet's "Ask the Expert's" program, a significant number of users have requested help in rejuvenating or repairing the gelcoat on their boats. Problems cited include chalking, fading, crazing, chips, and cracks. In hopes of answering all of those questions at once, I thought I would provide a short course on gelcoat.
Perhaps no other part of a boat is more vulnerable to miffed dockings, scrapes, and collisions than a vessel's topsides. | |