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ChrisDara
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Initially Posted - 03/21/2005 :  19:53:40  Show Profile
Has anyone seen a red discoloration come through on their decks? There was a post a ways back and no one really knew.

I've seen it occur now elsewhere. It seems to be almost an undercoat.
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Lightnup
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Response Posted - 03/21/2005 :  20:58:03  Show Profile
I don't think anyone ever came up with a definitive answer as to what the red discoloration is but I do remember the other thread and there were a number of forum members with the same issue. No one had a suitable method of removing it either but there's a long list of things that don't remove it.

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Brent
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Response Posted - 03/21/2005 :  23:26:46  Show Profile
Rather than red, might it appear almost amber?

I thought I was having a bad staining problem when I bought my boat. Turns out it was the untinted resin showing through where the gelcoat had been worn through. It looked as if something had chemically removed the gelcoat from the low points of the nonskid surface, there was no sign of mechanical wear such as dock lines, etc.

Very strange.
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atgep
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Response Posted - 03/22/2005 :  07:35:58  Show Profile
I have seen this on a few Cats here in Florida. It lookes like the sun burned through the gelcoat. A quick coat of paint and all is well now. Where do you and your boat live?

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 03/23/2005 :  09:53:18  Show Profile
I have a little discoloration on the deck below my roller furling line. I'm thinking that the line somehow wore away the thin gelcoat exposing the darker under layer. Either that or the PO scrubbed the deck with abrasive type cleaners.
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ChrisDara
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Response Posted - 03/23/2005 :  12:32:14  Show Profile
Don, that's exactly what I have. I was thinking the same thing.

That being said, if the gelcoat has worn away in areas does this need to be addressed for any reasons other than cosmetics? Could this cause any issues with the deck from say a lack of protection?
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ChrisDara
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Response Posted - 03/23/2005 :  12:33:47  Show Profile
To answer Tom:

I live in NY (Long Island).
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