I need help with my clear coat. It was neglected for to long and now the clear it chiping off the gell coat. Not sure on best way to fix it. And no this is not the only spot there is quite a few places this is happening.

Yeah, looks good wet

Thanks, I will give it a try.

what year is this boat?

I had a long talk with Sal Jr over at OC Boat repair about this issue. We are currently fighting it with the Wriedt.

The issue is that back in the early years, most of the companys that did metalflake boats used a metalflake that had some sort of wax coating on it that corroded the gel over time. from what i was told is they have done some extensive lab testing with the stuff and found that they use some sort of sealer then gel over it with new stuff.

i've been researching gelcoat for awhile now and i still feel like i have no idea wtf im talking about 1/2 the time.

The boat in question is a 1973. I guess I'll try sanding and buffing in a less noticeable spot. If that doesn't work like I want I'll just go the reclear route.