Question for OCD Seadek installers & visible carpet snaps

[msavold]

Got the boat out of storage (yay!) and now time to install the Seadek from last fall's group buy.
Step 1) remove carpet snaps. Got it. Except the guy that installed them on my boat must have used an impact driver! They all have spider cracks (most no bigger than the snap diameter, mind you) and and for most when I removed the screw little bits of deck came with it (again, not much bigger than the snap if at all...)
So, filling with 5200 I get and obviously easier to do when the snap is under new Seadek - but what about the divot on the visible ones? Fill with 5200? It's a different white... Just fill the hole and then build the deck back up with matching gelcoat white? Or am I over-thinking this one too?
TIA!

 

[mb300sd]

I'd use spectrum color's gel coat to repair the holes, not sure how it's work if it's on the patterned area tho.

 

[tdonoughue]

I just used the 5200. Yes, it could look better... But in the context of the wonderful looking SeaDek, I don't think I hardly notice.

 

[JetSet407]

Same as @tdonoughue it's not so noticeable, not even to me and I know it's there. The SeaDek stands out so much more.

 

[msavold]

Thanks guys.
I plugged the holes with 5200 and now I'll wait for it to cure. With a lot of blue tape for safety, I'm thinking I can always do the Spectrum repair later on the ones that are the most objectionable...

 

[eticket]

@msavold, I did the same as you, blue taped around the holes that would not be covered by the SeaDek and used 5200. That stuff takes a full week to cure so have you have to be patient. In the end only 4 holes are visible on my 212x after putting down the SeaDek and I can't even notice it unless I really try.

 

[KyleWade14]

I didn't like the way the silicone holes looked either so I put a SS screw and finishing washer in them. Looks better IMO. Just a little hump there instead of the toe-stubber snaps.