Videos: How To Exactly Match Your Gel Coat Boat Color

[andyatos]

As I turned to the final step of matching the non skid deck pattern on my Laser (after putting the mast step repair cut out back) and figuring out how to match my faded gel coat color, I found these two videos. Very helpful. These are just the first two in the series.

Video 1: Matching Your Gel Coat Color Introduction

Video 2: Actually Doing It

I'll be using his technique as shown in video #2 by mixing the black, yellow and brown pigments to get a match for my light tan deck.

- Andy

 

[Voodoo 158546]

Hey Andy !
Glad to see you're getting into it mate.

I use a regular acrylic paint set, adding pinhead blobs to base colour gel coat in stages to get a colour match before adding the catalyst..