Crazing

[cofooter]

Gonna need to address this soon on my restore. It is only on the deck. Pretty sure it is due to sun/gel coat shrinkage rather than stress as the plywood under the deck is still in great shape. I'm going to fix it with some type of epoxy product vs re-gel. Boat will eventually be painted. I've gotten some different advice from the epoxy primer guys:

1. Leave the gel, sand with 180, two coats of epoxy primer, sand again smooth and apply addt'l primer as required

2. Sand to bare fiberglass and prime

3. Sand to bare fiberglass, lay down a layer of cloth, fill/fair, and primer.

Anyone deal with this before and have advice on repairing so it does not come back?

Thanks

 

[norcalLmo]

Option #3 is the only way to do it if you want to have a 'long term' solution - all other options will only last a few years

 

[cofooter]

Option #3 is the only way to do it if you want to have a 'long term' solution - all other options will only last a few years

Yep, way I was leaning as well........

 

[coolchange]

I've never seen an original gelcoat craze like that. Especially on something like a sanger. I'm going to guess it has been repaired.
You're going to have to sand that away anyway. I would fare it down with a large d a or long board then decide. It will tell you what needs to be done.

 

[spectra3279]

I've seen paint do that but not gel.

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