robert crawford
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2025
Works very well. I highly recommend
S. Harward
Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2025
I’ve repaired numerous chips on my paddle boards and on my 18-year-old burgundy fiberglass Yamaha ski boat with this set. Color matching is surprisingly good… especially considering that I’m matching sun-faded fiberglass.
J G
Reviewed in Canada on November 25, 2023
Good product , however after a perfect colour mix , when sanded it turns a much lighter shade, even after a buffing ,it was different shade than the hardened sample mix..but it did work , just the problem above was maddening. Thats why it is 2 stars short .
Daddio
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2023
This product seem to work well but in order to match the white color of my sunfish sailboat, I needed to color the paste to an off-white. In order to do this with about one fifth of the total product, I needed to use, essentially the entire tube of white colorant. That white color to appear to be almost completely full of air and very little white paste hence the two star rating instead of five. Otherwise, the product worked great on the scratches and dings that I had.
Dragon
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2022
Instructions say: "The colorant should NOT exceed 5% of the gelcoat paste used. Therefore do not exceed the equivalent amount of 1 tube of colorant TOTAL per 4 ounces of gelcoat paste." Well, there are 4 oz of paste in the kit, and 1 tube of each "colorant" (pigment), so, yeah, there is enough of each color to pigment all 4 oz. As for money value, it's pretty freaking expensive, but extremely convenient for small repairs. I bought my kit about 4 years ago. Just using it again today. If it doesn't work, it's not on them. If it does, I will report back. This product does what it is advertised to do, and the gel component is a very nice feature.
Yves R Desrosiers
Reviewed in Canada on August 28, 2021
Good product. Did job well.
Rainy
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2021
3 stars for now. Applied today and will see if it sticks. Maybe it's a good product but very difficult to use especially for small repairs. In instructions it says not to add more than 5% of tint to the gel. How it can be done if I need only one teaspoon of gelcoat? The tubes with tint are difficult to open, they cannot be punctured and nozzle need to be cut. The tint in the tubes is very concentrated and it is difficult to squeeze out correct dosage which is important when two colors are used. Basically you would need only one or two tints all others are wasted. There is only one tube for each color. If you make a mistake and you probably initially will then you wind up without color you need. if it is first time for you then you need practice carefully with very small amount of gel.
Marina
Reviewed in Canada on June 10, 2019
Worked great on our small project
Austin Kiefer
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2019
I loved this product. I bought a buffer and 3 grits of sandpaper to repair the gel coat on the bottom of my 2019 Nitro Z19 fiberglass. I started by using a dremel bit on the damaged areas, then sanded them with 180 grit paper so the repair would stick. I followed the instructions included, and applied more gel coat than needed to the area. I waited a while, then came back and shaped the area with 180 grit (BE SURE TO KEEP THE SANDPAPER WET), then smoothed some with 400 grit, then some more with 1200 grit. I then used a buffer to make a seamless repair. This product worked great! These photos are before and afters of the affected areas
Robert G.
Reviewed in Canada on June 9, 2016
good prod.easy to work with
Travo19
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2015
I needed to repair a crack in the bottom of my hull. It appeared that the crack was only through the gel coat and not through the fiberglass. I took a dremel tool and ground the crack open to about an 1/8" of an inch and went past the crack a little as well. This allowed me to inspect and see how deep the crack was. Luckily it was only the gel coat!! The bottom is of my hull is a faded blue. Its a little tough to match the color,make sure you mix your color first until you are happy than add the hardener. I taped around the crack with blue painters tape and added the gel coat. That way when you scrape the product off you have a just little but more that you can sand down. I stared with 600 wet sand and went to a 1000, than i used a heavy compound and a wool pad and buffer. It was ended up very smooth and than just apply your typical wax and you are done. They give you quite a bit of material so only mix a little at a time pending on the size of the repair. Im going to try and dremel out some of the spider cracks next and repair those on the topside. This is a very good product, we will see if it last through the sailing season.
G. Cote
Reviewed in Canada on August 9, 2014
Good kit for small repairs. Everything you need in the kit.
Colin Schlotter
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2010
For starters, make sure whatever color you are trying to match, make the paste a shade lighter. I repaire a chip in my gelcoat and the following cracks using this kit. I matched my teal striping on my boat to a TEE when it was wet and mixing. However, as it dried and hardened, it was a darker shade and I now have a dark spot on my boat that I'm going to have to re-cover to match. Other than that, some 1000-grit sandpaper takes a while to sand it down, but leaves the finish smooth and consistent. Make sure that you work fast and have acetone on hand or plan to go get some while you're waiting for it to dry. The package says one hour, but give it 2. Wax paper appears to be the best covering while it is curing unless you have a roll of stiff plastic hanging around. I've been told that GLAD WRAP works well, however I tried that at first and noticed it wrinkling a lot, which would have given a very uneven finish and caused extra sanding. In the end, a great product, that has saved me time and money. My repair is water proof and absorbed the Meguiar's Flagship Boat Wax just like the rest of my hull.