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What Bnystrom said
Posted by: LeeG on Jan-04-13 5:01 AM (EST)

Paying to have cosmetic gel coat cracks removed is like getting t-shirts dry cleaned and ironed.
A friend had a carbon Chatham with 2"x3" cosmetic spider cracks in the black gel coated hull, the quote at $90/hr boat repair was $300. He did it himself.

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Fiberglass Spider Cracks - NY/NJ/CT - alistair - Dec-24-12 4:33 PM
- Kayak repair - AdrianRoth - Dec-24-12 6:07 PM
- Spider cracks - shiraz627 - Dec-24-12 6:18 PM
- You may want to consider... - bnystrom - Dec-25-12 7:48 PM
  - Spider cracks - shiraz627 - Dec-26-12 5:39 AM
    - Gelcoat should not be the water barrier - bnystrom - Dec-26-12 7:25 AM
      - Gelcoat - shiraz627 - Dec-26-12 11:55 AM
        
        Absolutely! - bnystrom - Dec-27-12 7:30 AM
    - Sealing cracks? - rblturtle - Jan-02-13 6:46 AM
      - Hydrolysis can cause weakening and - g2d - Jan-03-13 7:34 AM
- my impex spider crack experience - jesse59 - Dec-26-12 4:31 PM
- Repair - LeeG - Dec-28-12 6:53 PM
  - cosmetic - alistair - Jan-01-13 10:26 PM
    - They typically don't get worse - bnystrom - Jan-03-13 7:06 AM
    - What Bnystrom said - LeeG - Jan-04-13 5:01 AM
  - Cracks - rblturtle - Jan-02-13 8:56 AM