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    Gelcoat Repair kit was used on Boat. Needs to be refinish/removed.

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    I'll be removing some "Gel Coat" see photos below. I have a flex 3401. any suggestion on the best way to remove it? The second photo as you can see, concerns me. The reason he uses Gel coat repair kit, the paint has some large chip marks on paint all the way to the paint primer. I really appreciate any help on this. Thank you!







    The color of paint.
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    Re: Gelcoat Repair kit was used on Boat. Needs to be refinish/removed.

    Ouch. They went a bit too heavy on the gel coat repair lol. I can't say for sure how low of a grit you will have to go, but you are going to have to probably dip into the 100 something grits to knock that down and then slowly ease up to a fine grit to polish out. Downside is that will leave one good looking area so they entire thing may need damp/wet sanded to look similar.

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    Re: Gelcoat Repair kit was used on Boat. Needs to be refinish/removed.

    Quote Originally Posted by David Hayward View Post
    Ouch. They went a bit too heavy on the gel coat repair lol. I can't say for sure how low of a grit you will have to go, but you are going to have to probably dip into the 100 something grits to knock that down and then slowly ease up to a fine grit to polish out. The downside is that will leave one good looking area so they entire thing may need damp/wet sanded to look similar.
    Yes, he did get carry anyway. If you knew the story and not knowing Pro detailing, I would too. Yeah! It appears going slow starting with 100/150 grit moving up. The opposite what we do..lol The "damp/wet sanded to look similar" is what I want to avoid, but might have no choice in the matter. Thank you, David!

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