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jason p Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Remove the adhesive and have it covered in Line-Ex, that would be the easiest (besides re-installing another keel guard) and best looking repair. Unless you're a really good painter/body man matching a hull color that old would be really hard to pull off and look right. The Line-Ex dudes in Sarasota did the keel on my buddy's Whipray and it came out super nice, and functional too. A layer of resin thickened with cabosil will fill in the damaged areas, just tape off the keel so you don't sand away to much of the good gel coat when you fair the repairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatwater Posted February 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Remove the adhesive and have it covered in Line-Ex, that would be the easiest (besides re-installing another keel guard) and best looking repair. Unless you're a really good painter/body man matching a hull color that old would be really hard to pull off and look right. The Line-Ex dudes in Sarasota did the keel on my buddy's Whipray and it came out super nice, and functional too. A layer of resin thickened with cabosil will fill in the damaged areas, just tape off the keel so you don't sand away to much of the good gel coat when you fair the repairs. I like the line-x idea, I will have to get a quote for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linesider 159 Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 The color matching point is a good one. Your color is near impossible to match. Only negative with line x is it is permanent if thats any concern to you. I went the keel guard route in case a buyer wanted to remove it they could. But if that wasnt a concern then line x would have been the route. All of my piping will be line x'ed on the next boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trf97 Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Just as a reference, I had a similiar issue with me boat. I had the best fibergl*** guy in my area fix that area and I think is was just over $500 and it looks great. I now know it was fixed correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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