In my continuing saga in the repair of my super porpoise, I wanted to get a couple things clear before moving on to my next step...
I have sanded out all of the biffs/scratches on my hull, repaired some pitting with a marine epoxy, and fixed one more significant hole with a mix of fiberglass, bondo, and epoxy. During these repairs, I had to take a significant part of the hull down to the fiberglass (although the fibers are still quite sealed).
Do you recommend just painting the bottom, gelcoating the bottom, painting then gelcoating, etc?
This is a recreational boat and I'll be dry-sailing. I feel comfortable working with most paints, and have painted larger boats, but have never worked with gelcoat.
I have sanded out all of the biffs/scratches on my hull, repaired some pitting with a marine epoxy, and fixed one more significant hole with a mix of fiberglass, bondo, and epoxy. During these repairs, I had to take a significant part of the hull down to the fiberglass (although the fibers are still quite sealed).
Do you recommend just painting the bottom, gelcoating the bottom, painting then gelcoating, etc?
This is a recreational boat and I'll be dry-sailing. I feel comfortable working with most paints, and have painted larger boats, but have never worked with gelcoat.