Gelcoat Color Matching Part 2

Not a whole lot of additional info to include on this one. I think things are pretty much straight forward 🙂 If you do have any questions please post them below!

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trbaker says:

September 20, 2013 at 1:18 am

Great job, Andy. I love the way you sneak up on the color match.

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esay says:

October 20, 2013 at 9:06 am

Nice work:)

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david says:

January 29, 2014 at 8:47 pm

Hi Andy.
Can you recommend a distributor that sells small batches of color gel coat to the DIY?

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david says:

January 29, 2014 at 9:34 pm

Hi again.
Strike my previous comment/question Andy. I forgot to check the BLOGROLL in the sidebar. Looks like Express Composites has everything the DIY needs.

Thanks for a great performance in Part 2. Looks like I’ll be giving it a try soon, as I just finished 5 spot-repairs on my Lido 14 thanks to your ‘…Hole In My Boat’ vids. Everything went great and I even scored a new polisher/sander as an anniversary gift from my ‘better half’ (yes, she wants this boat FINISHED!).

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Paulo says:

February 11, 2016 at 4:14 am

Hi Andy,
My gelcoat is old and seems to be much whiter than the original gelcoat. How would you approach a color match in that case? I believe that the white gelcoat from a can will be one or two shades darker than the hull’s color.
Let me know if that makes sense.
Thank you.

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- ~Andy says:
  
  February 11, 2016 at 4:02 pm
  
  Guessing the existing gelcoat has faded. Best option at this point would be to buff the gelcoat on the hull to get down to a fresh surface that *hopefully* will be a little darker and help with the color matching 🙂 Good luck!
  
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