I have a bunch of cracks in My gellcoat alot on the deck and a few on the sides of the hull.I think they are gell splits and not stress cracks.
The boat has ,at one time been re-gelled and where I have scraped and sanded the gell down to the original gell,I can see that the cracks are in the original gell.
My question is ,to all you that are experianced with this,what is the best tool,a DA sander or circular sander,to use?what is the best grit to use,to cut the gell down to the glass?I was using 80grit on a DA but did'nt seen to be cutting it too well.I want to take all the gell off the top deck.
On the sides can I just sand down the gell where the cracks are ,to the glass and then fill the spots in with a filler or what is best to use?
I want to prepare the spots to where they will not return.what is the best method to go about this?
Here are a few pics.
deck
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...azing5-med.jpg
sideshttp://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/2774crazing4-med.jpg
Thanks for any help...Hal