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    My Laser hull restoration review

    Yeah, it does have some orange peel here and there and most likely I will continue working on the hull once Sikaflex will start degrading in gunwale or if I get some water inside the boat. For now, I will be happily sailing once they approve my membership and allocate space for the boat. I will...
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    My Laser hull restoration review

    After almost 2 weeks of trouble and spending most of my free time in the garage, its finanaly done. Third layer of the paint was applied last night after I got home from work. I had my garage heating on plus one more electric heater and a power lamp to make sure RH is below 75% and temperature...
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    My Laser hull restoration review

    So that's why it was written in the instruction to let it settle for 10 minutes so bubbles can arise to the top, thankfully I followed what was written. Voodoo do you fix boats for a job? Your knowledge about all this stuff is impressive. I regret I didn't call up flowcoat supplier before...
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    My Laser hull restoration review

    I went to Reece today but they had nothing, will go tomorrow to Clark's rubber. Wheels are attached to the dolley and a carpet piece to protect from bare aluminium touching the hull. It's not top notch surface yet but hoping that sanding and third layer of PU will make it glass like. I will...
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    My Laser hull restoration review

    Which part exactly are you talking about and do you know what should I ask for at Clark Rubber? Gunnels used to be resting on the dolly but after they split I decided to modify my dolly and installed Ratchet strap so now laser is laying on the strap. I also installed trolley wheels at the rear...
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    My Laser hull restoration review

    Yesterday I've applied second coat of the 2 pack polyurethane but beforehand I called manufacturer as paint was dry to touch but not dry enough to sand it. He said its fine to apply another coat unless its been 48 hour gap. Now I will need to wait till tomorrow to be able to sand it and only...
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    My Laser hull restoration review

    Yeah I did roll and tip 2 pack and I had enough time to paint the boat in one go. I was expecting to use 500ml on the first coat and have 800ml left for the last coat but only used about 350ml so Im guessing I will have 2 more coats and sand it lightly between coats. I hope it turns out well...
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    My Laser hull restoration review

    I couldnt find edit button to correct my previous post but realized that I have forgoten to say that I rolled and tipped. Looking at steveo1's boat I decided its the way to go, plus I wasnt ready to spend another week in the garage scraping off the paint in case I couldnt spray correctly.
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    My Laser hull restoration review

    Thanks for your reply and for explaining how to repair the boat. I finished sanding last night and tried using various tools to smooth the surface. Sander and polisher with 120 grit ruined flowcoat layer at couple of places so I had to slow down and use orbital sheet sander with 80grit, which...
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    My Laser hull restoration review

    I just got 2 pack polyurethane (white color), norglass brand plus spraying thinner as I will try to spray the boat. Any tips on that? Wanna finish sanding the boat today clean it and tomorrow arvo will be spray painting it. Weather is alright 17-21.
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    My Laser hull restoration review

    Did you use just the paint or did you buy primer as well, considering I have stripped a good layer of flowcoat, paint should adhere pretty nicely.
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    My Laser hull restoration review

    Ok, So today I started sanding it down to make surface smoother, took me a while. I havent finished yet but using 120 grit makes job faster. At some places on the hull even though I was careful it appears that I didnt apply enough flowcoat and now I can see the previous paint which was a bit...
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    My Laser hull restoration review

    Yeah at this time of the year not many people sail so thought it wouldnt hurt to work on the boat a bit. Never would have thought I will see anyone from Aus on this forum. Im in Melbs, joining SYC once the boat is ready. Havent sailed since 2002, hoping to get in shape and compete on a...
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    My Laser hull restoration review

    Thanks for your link. Heres what I got of ebay. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/151247981926?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 The difference between gelcoat and a flowcoat/topcoat is that flowcoat has wax addition and it is used as last layer...
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    My Laser hull restoration review

    Hi everyone, this is my first post on the forum. Today I decided that I might need some help from experts to give me advices on how to repair the hull that was badly scratched, I would say abused by the previous owner of the boat. You can probably see how deep are the scratches on the hull...

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