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thanks for your thoughts! i'll probably try a custom color myself as you suggest.

bad picture posted. Maybe the original hull has faded to 'white' more than the original desert tan. i've posted here a better shot of those spectrum touch ups that didn't match.

[Below in Figure 1 is a photograph of the hull color of the boat under discussion.]

Thanks for your detailed response. I did, in fact, spend a lot of time buffing the hull with a polishing compound by 3M, after I had used increasing grades of wet sanding 400 grit through 1500 grit. The repairs from the Desert Tan [patch kit] were darker than the original color, which appears to be ...

I've performed a repair on my 1989 SPORT 13, and the Spectrum paste worked really well. The only problem was the Desert Tan gel coat was too dark. The only other color I think might match would be "white." Q1: will using Spectrum WHITE gel coat paste be closer to tan or closer to beige? I ...