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Gel Coat Explained

Author: Boat Accessories Australia  Date Posted: 19 August 2016 

Gel Coat Explanation Blog

Gel coat is an integral part of any boat and over time can become scratch or damaged due to general use, accidents or improper cleaning and maintenance. Before attempting any repairs on your gel coat, it’s important to understand what it is and the proper steps to take to make it look as good as new again.

What is Gel Coat?

Gel coat is a special coating that goes over the fibreglass on your boat. It’s manufactured using an epoxy, polyester resin, a catalyst, and other chemicals.

It has little structural value but when combined with the fibreglass, it helps provide a smooth and durable surface that retards hull weakening from water intrusion and ultraviolet light.

The gel coat is usually applied first when the fibreglass mould is being created for the boat, so when it comes out of the mould it’s on the outside of hull. In many cases a pigment will be blended with the gel coat to give the boat a coloured, glossy surface.

Different Types of Gel Coat

There are two different types of Gel coat:

  • General purpose gel coat is softer, more flexible, and more prone to scratches than the tooling Gel coat. It is generally applied at a thickness of 0.3-0.7mm during the moulding process and is very flexible so as to adjust to the constant activity on the hull without cracking.
  • Tooling gel coat is similar to regular gel coat except that it is engineered to emphasise certain properties like hardness so it can be polished to a high lustre. This is used on surfaces that are not subject to movement and on surfaces where movement is not desired.
 
   
General Purpose Gel Tooling Gel Coat

 

Avoiding Premature Gel Coat Aging

Caustic cleaners or products containing bleach can age gel coat fast so make sure to minimise the use of these or rinse your boat well afterwards.

Abrasions can make any boat look old, and using a stiff-bristle brush on glossy surfaces like gel coat can eventually scrub their gloss away. Use a soft bristled brush, sponge, or rag to clean anything aboard your boat that’s smooth and shiny.

UV damage can take colour out of gel coats and this can happen a variety of ways, one being via the gel coat having an uneven surface where peaks and valleys have been created by on the coat to expose more surface to the sun’s radiant energy than a smooth surface would.

   
UV-Damaged Gel Coat Cracked Gel Coat

 

Proper Care & Maintenance - Compound

A cutting compound can be used to remove a very thin layer of the coat to smooth out light marks and scratches and in turn allowing contaminants to wash away easier. Follow up with thorough wash downs after every outing using a boat soap such as Peter G’s Marine Wash. If the gel coat looks old chalky, and dingy, rejuvenate it with an anti-oxidation agent such as 3M’s Finesse-It II Glaze.

Yellow water stains can be removed with 3M Fibreglass Cleaner & Wax. If your coloured gel coat is needs reviving, contact the manufacturer to find out what brand of gel coat was used and if it can be helped. In many cases, coloured gel coat can be wet-sanded until it shines like new, but some brands will just be harmed more if you hit them with sandpaper.

   
Gel Coat Before Compound Gel Coat After Compound

 

Proper Care & Maintenance - Gel Coat Fillers

Over time your fibreglass boat may end up with a scratch, nick or gouge in the finish. You can usually fix these yourself though repairing textured surfaces like diamond nonskid or multitone finishes should be left to professionals.

You will need to fill deep gouges with a resin and filler such as the Septone Gel Coat Repair Filler that should be used in conjunction with the Septone Gel Coat Hardener to cure to a white finish.

   
   
Septone Gel Coat Repair Filler Septone Gel Coat Hardener

Proper Care & Maintenance - Restorers and Waxes

Keeping gel coat coated with wax is the best way to prolong its life. Regularly waxed gel coat can retain its gloss for 15 years or more. The real purpose of a coat of was is to protect, but wax also has restorative properties if the gel coat is not too badly weathered.

Restorer formulations renew the gloss in essentially the same was as wax but without the need for buffing. Resotrer kits, such as the 3M three-step range, typically include a prep wash and sometimes a polish in addition to the restorer.

For more information on gel coat maintenance, head to the Gel Coat Repair section on our site to find all the products you need to make your vessel look as good as new.

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Generally, you have no obligation to provide any information requested by us. If you choose to withhold requested information however, we may not be able to provide you with the goods and services that depend on the collection of that information, particularly if the collection of that information is required by law.


How is personal information used?

The personal information that we ask for is generally used to provide goods or services to you. For example, for a debit/credit card transaction we need your card number, and for a competition we need your contact details so we can contact you if you win.

We may also use your personal information in other ways to provide you with superior service. This may include using your personal information to advise you of new products and services. You have the right to tell us that you do not want us to send information to you other than for the main purpose for which we have collected your personal details.


Newsletter

We offer a regular email newsletter which contains new and on-sale products as well as the latest boating news & advice. You may cancel your email subscription by following the simple instructions at the bottom of each newsletter.


Cookies

Boat Accessories Australia uses cookies to allow you to login to your account, maintain a shopping cart and to purchase items in your shopping cart. Some cookies sent to your computer from Boat Accessories Australia only last while you’re browsing our website, but several are persistent (they remain in your web browser unless you clear them). Cookies also allow us to give you a more personalised shopping experience by displaying products that interest you throughout our product pages, thus providing you with a more friendly, interesting and enjoyable shopping experience.


Your IP address

Whenever you use our web site, or any other web site, the computer on which the web pages are stored (the Web server) needs to know the network address of your computer so that it can send the requested web pages to your Internet browser. The unique network address of your computer is called its "IP address," and is sent automatically each time you access any Internet site. From a computer's IP address, it is possible to determine the general geographic location of that computer, but otherwise it is anonymous.

We do keep a record of the IP addresses from which customers access our site in some cases, such as where you have specifically provided us with information about yourself, in which case we also record your IP address for security purposes. Another example of where we record your IP address would be when proceeding to a checkout to finalise an order. After placing the order, your IP address will be stored along with a transaction number that allows us to track your order.


More information

More information about Australian privacy laws and the National Privacy Principles is available from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at http://www.oaic.gov.au