Repair Gelcoat Cracks Step By Step 🌟 includes materials list ✔️ proven gelcoat crack repair method

We show the complete process of grinding, cleaning, sanding and completing repairs to cracked gelcoat on a boat.

Sooner or later, you'll find gelcoat on your boat which has stress cracks. Fixing them is easier than you think, and of you've ever done any filling and sanding you'll be perfectly capable of doing this yourself, and be able to enjoy showing off your boat again!

You'll need gelcoat which matches the surface you're repairing, thickener/bulker (we use colloidal silica), catalyst, PVA release agent or wax in styrene, acetone, a rotary tool with a grinding bit, mixing cups and sticks, a spreader, and sand and polishing paper.

0:00 Introduction
0:50 Grinding out the cracks
3:13 Clean, acetone and fill the ground areas
5:15 Covering the fill to ensure a tack-free cure
6:22 Sanding back the cured filler
7:09 Re-fill any low spots or pinholes
7:37 Final sanding and polishing

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