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Author	Topic:   gel coat vs painting
cinco de whaler	posted 01-08-2002 06:13 PM ET (US)         I recently asked suggestions in a post about re-painting my 22' Outrage and it brought up a good point. Peel Away is paying to have my hull re-painted and Whaler gave me a price of doing it but I'm not sure if that was for re-painting or re-gel coating and I'm not sure if I know the difference. Can someone explain the process of re-gel coating vs re-painting. Thanks
Sinclair7	posted 01-09-2002 12:10 AM ET (US)             Just qurious. What did the peelaway do to your hull? Sinclair7
JFM	posted 01-09-2002 01:36 PM ET (US)             Gel coat is much thicker and harder to apply than paint. In almost all cases boats were gel coated over glass. They way boats are built with glass the thicker gel coat fills in the voids left by glass especially if it's hand layed glass. This is not true with cars, glass cars are pressed in a mold with thin glass and are painted and coated with clear coat. Hope this helps. Regards, Jay
cinco de whaler	posted 01-09-2002 09:18 PM ET (US)             Peel away ate through the gel coat in several places. Read my previous post about re-painting.

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