My fender has rubbed away a small patch of my blue topsides (which is gelcoat that someone had painted over we believe).
There is a small area of exposed fiber glass. I still have the can of blue paint. I would like to paint this exposed patch. Just sand and paint, right? Not according to all the websites I’ve visited. There are multiple possible and variable (depending on the source) steps with cleaning, solvents, fairing compounds, sanding with a variable rotation electric sander, undercoat, more sanding, and then finally putting the blue paint on. And it all has to be done in warm temperatures which ain’t happening here for a while. My boat is currently hauled out getting bottom paint courtesy of the boatyard.
My question is : does it really need to be this complicated or can I just keep it simple and protect the fiberglass and make the boat look nicer by sanding by hand and dabbing on the paint? It doesn’t need to be perfect and I don’t t need to see my reflection in the hull.
Thanks
There is a small area of exposed fiber glass. I still have the can of blue paint. I would like to paint this exposed patch. Just sand and paint, right? Not according to all the websites I’ve visited. There are multiple possible and variable (depending on the source) steps with cleaning, solvents, fairing compounds, sanding with a variable rotation electric sander, undercoat, more sanding, and then finally putting the blue paint on. And it all has to be done in warm temperatures which ain’t happening here for a while. My boat is currently hauled out getting bottom paint courtesy of the boatyard.
My question is : does it really need to be this complicated or can I just keep it simple and protect the fiberglass and make the boat look nicer by sanding by hand and dabbing on the paint? It doesn’t need to be perfect and I don’t t need to see my reflection in the hull.
Thanks
