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Metoac
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Initially Posted - 01/17/2002 :  19:29:57  Show Profile
Does anyone have any advice on Gel Coat Repairs or know of where I might get informaiton on such repairs. I was also wondering if Catalina made their own Gel Coat Repair Kits.
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wmuchmore
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Response Posted - 01/19/2002 :  10:54:56  Show Profile
Catalina Direct offers a gelcoat patch repair paste on page 4.7 of their "Owners Handbook." If you don't have a copy, give them a call at 1-800-959-7245. Lot's of good info as well as necessities and goodies for the 25.

Mike, 2308, "Calamity Jane"
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OJ
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Response Posted - 01/21/2002 :  14:22:56  Show Profile
Your request for advice on gelcoat repair would depend somewhat on where you are making the repair, i.e., on the hull, on the deck nonskid. West Systems has some inexpensive but terrific handbooks on this topic.
You'll need the year and/or serial numbe
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MattL
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Response Posted - 01/23/2002 :  09:39:16  Show Profile
I repaired a half dollar size dink in my gel coat this past season. It was just the gel coat down to the fiberglass no hole in the glass. I used the kit from catalina direct with great results. The color match was very good, and it is easy to use.
Mat
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Ronald Bales
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Response Posted - 02/13/2002 :  13:32:20  Show Profile
Matt
Gelcoat is not hard to repair. In a nut shell there are basically 2 types; catalyzed and non catalyzed. The catalina has 2 different whites early and later. I think the color changed in 1988. The non catalyzed gelcoat usually comes in a tube and w
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