SoCal Jet Boats
Tech Talk => Gelcoat / Paint / Fireberglass Repair => Topic started by: Brad @ SCJB on June 19, 2007, 02:26:47 PM
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I need a paint booth for a few days in the Orange County area to gelcoat a boat.
Let me know if anyone's willing to give up their paint booth for a few days to let me not sweat about makin my garage a disaster and upsetting my neighbors to the point of eviction.
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I've been meaning to ask you about that little flake buster gun. I remember when the car culture deluxe mag did an article on it and it looked pretty cool. I was wondering if it's going to be too small though to do what you want to do with it. It seemed to me, and I'm not a painter, that it was more for smaller areas like targets, scallops and stuff like that, and not an entire hull? Have you talked to anyone that's used one? Looked like it'd be tough to get an even flow or coverage with that little thing?
Just bought a '68 Tahiti, silver with a black target and the silver flake is shot, so I'm gong to follow along closely when you use this gun. ;D Post lots of pictures.
Sorry, don't know of any booths for use.
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That whole concept has been shitcanned. I have been advised by several gelcoat experts that laying dry flake on a tack coat is a disaster in the making.
I need to edit that thread to restate my game plan....i will go do that now.
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I was just interested in that little flake buster gun, and how it worked.
I still have hanging in my garage the original binks spray gun that shot who knows how many flake Tahiti boats back in the 60's. On the side of it is engraved 'Schuster boats'. :)
I lost a batch of gel a few years back in my own gun and had to toss it, other wise you'd be more than welcome to use it.
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yeah, I too was interested to see how it worked, but since I was advised it was a bad idea to try that method with gelcoat, I had opted out from buying one.