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Cate
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Initially Posted - 05/14/2007 :  06:12:42  Show Profile
While giving our boat a detailed cleaning thise weekend I noticed there were pits/tiny holes in some of the nonskid areas. It looked as if they had worn down on the little nubs and exposed the fiberglass underneath. Strange. Does anyone have a recommendation about how to fill these without losing the non-skid qualities. i.e. slathering some "stuff" over the entire area?
Note these are small areas where the pits are apparent.
Thanks in advance.
1983 C-25, Standard rig, swing keel
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 05/14/2007 :  10:40:51  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
Pretty much all boats do it eventually, it is much better than when the pigment wears away and leaves large discolored areas. They are not creating "permeability" so considering the age of our boats I would liken it to gray hair and go sailing.
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 05/15/2007 :  07:59:38  Show Profile
The two-toned deck was made by adding a contrasting gelcoat layer over the nonskid areas--what you're seeing is probably that gelcoat wearing through to the underlying gelcoat color--probably not the fiberglass laminate. Most of us have some of that if the boat has been sailed for 18-30 years. About the only "solution" (for cosmetic reasons only) is paint, but I'd be about the last person on the planet to recommend that!
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 05/15/2007 :  08:10:56  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Dave Bristle</i>
<br />About the only "solution" (for cosmetic reasons only) is paint, but I'd be about the last person on the planet to recommend that!
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<i>I</i> would be the very last.
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Cate
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Response Posted - 05/15/2007 :  08:25:12  Show Profile
No painting going on here. I've seen some of the painted decks in our marina and they look really bad. Lots of bare areas where the paint has come off. A maintenance nightmare.
I was just worried that the core may be getting moist from the pitting. Sounds like it's no where near the core. I'm happy to leave it and consider it a sign of age.
Would rather spend my time keeping all the nice wood looking good. Another sign of age.
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 05/15/2007 :  10:28:52  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Cate</i>
<br />...I was just worried that the core may be getting moist from the pitting. Sounds like it's no where near the core...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
<i>Nowhere near.</i> There's something like 3/16" of glass/resin laminations between the gelcoat and the plywood core--maybe more--and it's not white.
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