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I have a couple of dime sized spots on the sides of compartments that I need to repair. What product do you use for small chips/dings in your gelcoat? The hull is white so color match (hopefully) wont be an issue.
Thanks in advance for your advice.
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this stuff is awesome for filling / repairing fiberglass. once filled and fared out, top coat it with regular gel coat (you might only need a tiny bit of gel coat and they sell gel coat repair kits that come in small sizes).

http://www.westsystem.com/ss/new-six10-epoxy-adhesive/

The best price I've seen on the Six10 is Southern Supply on Howard Ave in Biloxi. West Marine has it for a few dollars more. Westsystems also has a repair manual that is very detailed (info from repairing tiny cracks to entire boats). Great resource. This is a link to the repair / maintenance info... http://www.westsystem.com/ss/assets/HowTo-Publications/Fiberglass-Boat-Repair-and-Maintenance.pdf more info in there than 99% of people need but great stuff.

another link with tips for Six10 (especially not using the static mixer that can waste a lot of expensive epoxy)

http://www.westsystem.com/ss/practical-tips-for-using-six1/
White marine tex...awesome stuff that I have used for years.
Thanks fellas. I will check out both.[cool]
This stuff is great for small jobs:
http://www.iboats.com/blog/boat-gel-coat-scratch-repair/
They can color match make, model & year on most as well.
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