Gel Coat Repair and Deck Sanding
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2022 12:42 pm
In June 2022 I started restoring a 1972 13-footer, I now have these questions:
Q1: what should be done about a previous repair in which fiberglass was applied on top of the gel coat?
Q2: other than sand blasting, what is the best way to remove old paint from the deck non-skid surface?
Q3: how was the deck held down with screws around its perimeter (which I infer was the method from the appearance)?
Q4: what was the deck made from?
I know some of the decks of older Boston Whaler boats are plywood. This deck is not flat.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Q1: what should be done about a previous repair in which fiberglass was applied on top of the gel coat?
Q2: other than sand blasting, what is the best way to remove old paint from the deck non-skid surface?
Q3: how was the deck held down with screws around its perimeter (which I infer was the method from the appearance)?
Q4: what was the deck made from?
I know some of the decks of older Boston Whaler boats are plywood. This deck is not flat.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Moderator's note: if you attach multiple images to a post, the images need to be identified by figure numbers and have captions that indicate was is being illustrated. I have created figure numbers and captions for the three images you uploaded.]