Repair of small hole in fiberglass

Repair or modification of Boston Whaler boats, their engines, trailers, and gear
BMcGrath
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Repair of small hole in fiberglass

Postby BMcGrath » Sat Jul 28, 2018 7:29 am

My recently-purchased 1989 Montauk 17 needs a small hole repaired in fiberglass. The boat has the tan colored hull which I want to color match.

What products are recommended?

This will be my first time doing any fiberglass or gel coat work.

ConB
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Re: Fiberglass repair

Postby ConB » Sat Jul 28, 2018 7:55 am

Bryan, you in Michigan or Texas?

Read these reference articles:

http://continuouswave.com/whaler/reference/whalerRepair.html

http://continuouswave.com/whaler/reference/repairInstructions.html

On my boats if I'm repairing a small hole (1/2" or less) I use West System epoxy with fillers and paint the the repair.

Con
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Re: Fiberglass repair

Postby jimh » Sun Jul 29, 2018 12:26 pm