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Dan You're probably right about the 4 cans, I've never used the stuff myself, I was really just trying to point Nick to a supplier. The big assumption here is that there is 16 ounces of sprayable material in the can - I doubt there is that much. I have equipment that ranges from preval sprayers...

I'm confused. You want to use 24 spray cans? Let's do the math. When I buy 5 gallons of gel, the bucket weighs 53 to 55 pounds depending on the color. We'll use the lighter color. 5 gallons liquid = 53 pounds 1 gallon liquid = 10.6 pounds 24 spray cans x 16 liquid ounces = 384 liquid ounces...

Mini-Craft in Wildwood FL sells gel in an aerosol can. www.minicraft.com

Duratec Hi-Gloss Additive, add 50/50 to gel-kote and spray. Glosses out to a very smooth surface. I spray a lot of gel-kote, so I get a really nice finish when I use it, but even an amature with a pre-val sprayer can get a good finish. At worst you might have to sand with 800 and buff. I get...

Why don't you order some duratec and spray it yourself? Lots cheaper than having a glass shop spray and less finishing work too.

I've used a dehumidifier. After about three days the hull's about as dry as a popcorn fart

Definitely want to fill the gap between the pieces. I've always been fond of resin thickened with milled fiber. Mix it thick like cookie dough and use an empty silicone tube and caulking gun to push it in through a small hole. Pastery bag works good too. Freezer style Ziploc's work good for...

You can do wonders on very small holes with super-glue type adhesives. I've used a gel type from Duro on many "pinholes" and rubs.

Starboard probably isn't too heavy, but without some sort of internal stiffening like the plastic boards the flex under load would be a big problem.

Big piece of plastic, dehumidifier, wrap it all up, dry as a popcorn fart in about four days.

Where in Alabama? I may be able to arrange a donation of repair material, if you've got somebody to do the work Jeff terra firma is for farmers

Hey, Sail Magazine, August 2005, page 18. I've been saying fish are babe magnets for years and nobody believed me. Why don't you wash your boat down with some acetone and see what it looks like without it's wax build-up. You may just need to compound and glaze the boat. You may want to...

Hey Scott, I've fixed some of that kind of stuff. The hull and the bottom of the cockpit have "cookies" of bonding putty between them, partly for drainage and partly for support. I had keel damage in addition to hull and cockpit damage. I laid-up a patch piece first by using the hull as a...

Gee I wish they had books back when I learned to sail. My dad put me in an old junker Opti and pushed me out into the lake and said "Have fun!!!" It didn't take too long to figure out---pull this, push that, go as fast as you dare then push a little more. You wipe out, you pushed/pulled too...

What is a "racing boom"? terra firma is for farmers jeff