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Old 01-30-2013 | 06:28 AM
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Doing reprint on my Donzi. Wondering what procedure and materials to use. Has a lot of very fine cracks all over the top deck... Any advice would be appreciated. I have all the paint stripped down to the gel and I'm ready to start fixing the cracks.
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really gonna depend on exactly how many there are. Generally you V them out with a ball bit on a die grinder but you can get to a point where its easier to just plane the surface and re gel the whole thing. Can you post pics? When i do heave stress repair i will map/trace each one with a shaprie, as you start to work them its easy to loose a few in the dust.

I do have a somewhat superficial trick to fix them very easily with decent hold but no guarantee on how long it lasts. Could be a month could be forever but it does work.
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really gonna depend on exactly how many there are. Generally you V them out with a ball bit on a die grinder but you can get to a point where its easier to just plane the surface and re gel the whole thing. Can you post pics? When i do heave stress repair i will map/trace each one with a shaprie, as you start to work them its easy to loose a few in the dust.
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Originally Posted by glassdave
really gonna depend on exactly how many there are. Generally you V them out with a ball bit on a die grinder but you can get to a point where its easier to just plane the surface and re gel the whole thing. Can you post pics? When i do heave stress repair i will map/trace each one with a shaprie, as you start to work them its easy to loose a few in the dust.

I do have a somewhat superficial trick to fix them very easily with decent hold but no guarantee on how long it lasts. Could be a month could be forever but it does work.
what is your superficial trick ?
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Old 01-30-2013 | 12:22 PM
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Any thought on using six 10 to fill in instead of gel coat?
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Old 01-30-2013 | 11:05 PM
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Whats six ten?

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what is your superficial trick ?
Not really anything new but it seems to be somewhat less known. Basically you sand the area with 220 or so and then you take a piece of wet/dry sandpaper and put a few drops of cheapy dollar store super glue on the back side and rub it into the area in smooth circles to smear it in/out. Make sure to keep moving and try to make it uniform, it also may take a few coats and you might even try sanding between coats for some of the tougher cracks and leave a bit of the sanding dust on the surface it can act as sort of a filler in the glue. Takes some practice to perfect but works pretty well. Again this is just a superficial repair but i've tried it on a few of my own boats with pretty good results. Its in no way the proper way to do but it does have its place. Would never consider it on customer stuff
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http://www.westsystem.com/ss/new-six10-epoxy-adhesive/
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Ahh i see, probably pretty good stuff. I dont generally use Wests epoxy products but ya cant deny the quality of the product. I prefer to taylor my stuff with the core components plus west stuff seems pricey for what it is.
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... plus west stuff seems pricey for what it is.
That. Exactly.
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