talked to sal.....he said hes got 3-4 boats in line after ron's ...so it wont be anytime soon.

talked to kenny at b&k marine....he highly suggests to not gelcoat it....but to paint it with some sort of urethane he suggested. ....reason being is that the metalflake will cause the new gel to crack/flake in time. i remember talking to sal about this as well, but kenny said that he prefers to remove all metalflake completely....(which is a HUGE project)...where sal suggested just sealing over it. When I had talked to Sal about this issue in the past, he had told me they had sent off samples to chemical labs to find out why they were having these issues and found out what was causing it. It had something to do with the wax coating that was on the metal flakes themselves that ate away at the gel over time.  I dont remember, this was well over 1 1/2 years ago.

i have also gotten recommendations to go with guys who work on bigger modern boats....but that idea now makes me uneasy because i dont think the modern guys know the history and issues involved with gelcoating metalflake over old metalflake because its not a daily modern thing they are slapping on $250,000 boats.

so now im torn. I really dont want paint. It will never last as long as gel being a lake boat that will get a lot of abuse.....but I dont want to have to wait 5-6 months to get it back either.....and i dont want someone working on it that doesnt know anything about boats that are pre-'90.

Arent cars all over this great nation cover in (oh my god , dare I say) PAINT !  People dont take care of there cars and the paint holds up . I'm just sayin .....

-beerjet-

when was the last time you beached your car on a sand bar? had someone who didnt know any better drag a cooler across the hood....walked on the hood with sandy shoes....bounced it off a dock....etc....yeah, gel isnt indestructible, but it handles the abuse much better. This gel lasted 30+ years (its nearing 40 years old) ....I would like it to last another 30 if not more.

this is a family boat that will see massive amounts of abuse. i guarantee that any paint will not last 2 seasons.

This would be when Kyle tells his sisters what kind of behavior is deemed UNACCEPTABLE, be it by them or thier crumb snatchers, if they can't abide by the rules then they don't get to go on the boat. Am I missing something? Proper behavior is learned, that's the parent's job, to teach the kids, if they don't learn, they don't boat.

Bring me a Coors prospect 

I was talking about you! If you left right now, we could hit The Mint by 9:30. Marc, go pick him up and roll.

That sounds like a good day to me, two of the most stand up guys I've met, can't be a bad day.

Would it be too much to ask about how much coin for a gelcoat job??