What to use to fix nicks in epoxy hull
 

2001 28 Skater. "Standard high-gloss base color - white" and "Epoxy & vacuum bagged construction"

What do I use to fix small nicks in the hull?

Come on folks!

I don't have the luxury of handing it to a fiberglass shop, because we don't have any. I need to do it myself.

What should I use?__PRESENT

First of all I'm not a pro but if it's epoxy then you'd need to scuff the area around it a bit to give it something to bite to then if it's just a nic fill it with new epoxy (I'd recommend West System or some other quality epoxy not the 2 gallons for $25 stuff from ebay). Depends on how big a spot we're talking about, if it's just a little nic then just epoxy would probably be fine if it's a little bigger add a filler to the epoxy. Once it's dry sand it out and fix the paint.

If it's down to the mat or core that's a different ballgame and you'd want to get a different opinion.

https://www.wholesalemarine.com/gelc...BoCZFwQAvD_BwE

Marine-Tex® Epoxy Putty | Marine Tex

That would be perfect...

If it is a factory white skater white marine Tex works well. You can wet sand it down in steps ending in 1500 and buff it.

Thanks a lot!

I might actually have found a guy who can do the job.

Gelcoat
 

By the way, does Skater use polyester gelcoat, or epoxy gelcoat?