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PostPosted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 12:49 pm 
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Does anyone have any tips and tricks to share for repairing gel-coat chips and dings in the daggerboard wells, or is it all just a lot of patience? I've been trying to go after a few on my boat, and its a royal pain...

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 7:04 am 
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I know its not well specific, but there was an article in the may-june 2009 issue of the hobie hotline on gelcoat chips and dings.

http://www.w1dm.com/projects/hotline/09 ... OTLINE.pdf

maybe that will be helpful...

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 1:04 pm 
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Your gonna need to get sandpaper down in there with a stick or better yet a dremel with a long reach to grind out the area and bevel. Use a custom tool to get the glass or mixed resin (with glass beads or something) onto the area and hold it. A bit of mold release on the tool will help. Maybe the tool is shaped like your pocket "V". of course the more you make a mess, the more you have to grind out later :lol: Patience is your friend.

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PostPosted: Sun May 19, 2013 8:25 pm 
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I used dowel rods wrapped & taped sand paper on em!


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