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Old 16-04-2013, 01:51 PM   #1
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Gel coat

What's the best way to remove gel coat over spray? It's on my trailer and and engine. All went a little mad with 3 boats sprayed lots of over spray
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Old 16-04-2013, 02:55 PM   #2
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Thats going to be fun! Depending on how bad it is and how clean your boat was, buffing it off is likely the best way to do it!

Be handy if you waxed your boat regularly, shouldnt really stick then!
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Old 16-04-2013, 05:23 PM   #3
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It's bad on the engine that was next to my boat trailers bad as well on the plus side the boats look good and have sanded up with a nice shine
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Old 16-04-2013, 05:40 PM   #4
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It's bad on the engine that was next to my boat trailers bad as well on the plus side the boats look good and have sanded up with a nice shine
any pics of the boats ?
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Old 16-04-2013, 10:29 PM   #5
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Going up the unit Thursday night will get some and post
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Old 17-04-2013, 11:25 PM   #6
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How did u do ur profile pic rob on pc
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Old 18-04-2013, 09:57 PM   #7
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That's the gel
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Old 21-04-2013, 01:14 AM   #8
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That's the gel
Nice! Fair bit of work to do but we'll worth the effort! 100 times better than paint!
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Old 23-04-2013, 10:15 PM   #9
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That's just one of the 3 been done its hard work but not as hard as I thought it would be. I will never use paint again did a p18 didn't last long
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