Spider crack repair???
 

Anyone here ever get some taken care of and how did they go about it to keep them from coming back??? I have a few from the boat twisting. After i glassed the deck and hull together i have not had another pop up or any new ones form/spread.....now they bother me and i'd like to get rid of them. Just looks bad to me and even though you cant see them from more then 2-3 feet away i know they are there and I DONT LIKE IT!!!
So help a brother out here! :D

Wally
The best way to do it is to grind out each crack with a die grinder & fill with small strips of glass, fair it out & re paint.
It's alot of work for the little cracks but it's the only way to do it.
I learned the hard way that if you do it half ass, they will defenately come back.
A good marine fiberglass repairman should know the proper way to do it but make sure. Sanding/filling/painting doesn't work!

Hey wally,
I have the same deal on my cat from it's race days, lots around the winshield, where it intersects with the deck. I have tasken care of some of them, but not all, and like DJD said grind em out an inch wide, glass it up, bodywork, and paint, a big pain for sure, that's why I didn't do all of them, they have looked the same for 5+ years, they dont bug me bad enough to go thru and do the rest of them.

Thanks guys...thats what i figured it would take! :( i just didnt want to come to terms with it i guess! :)
Guess i'll take it to a few places and see what they would charge to fix it up. I dont even want to play with fiberglass when it comes to cosmetics that everyone will be looking at! I'm not good enough for that stage yet! :D

I did the grinding and re-glasing myself, and left the bodywork and paint to the pro's, saved me alot of $$ that way.

Wally,
Post year, make, model of your boat and exact location of stress and I'll hook you up on the repair procedure and suppliers of materials needed!!!
Steve

Nice Redline Rob!!

http://www.havasubarney.com/gallery/album40 http://www.havasubarney.com/gallery/album52

Here's a two good sites that cover re-gelcoating and sanding out spider cracks.

To the top to foil Puder!!! :D