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Using the Spectrum Gel Patch was easier than I thought it would be. Reminded me of doing body work with bondo and Fiberglass on cars 35 years ago when I was a teenager.
I sanded the snaps with my orbital 5" dewalt sander with 220 Red Rosin paper briefly. Then I mixed the Gel Patch and applied it. Don't want to add too much of the catalyst to it otherwise it dries too quick. Put it on with a small plastic flexible bondo spatula i had lying around. Once dry I sanded it with orbital sander with 220 briefly to knock down the edges and level it out then 600 on the orbital then 1000 by hand quickly. Can't tell they were ever there. I also did a few nicks I had in the white gel coat, but ran some 2000 over those as well by hand. Looks fantastic, like a brand new boat, really happy about it. Will buff the couple spots tomorrow, going to buy a polisher. All and all not a bad job.
I noticed right away in the direct sun that the SeaDek was not hot to the foot. The carpet that I took out would be smoking hot. Admiral came to look and was happy at the temperature.
EDIT: To prepare the surface I wiped everything with Acetone, then I also used the 3M Primer which dries fairly quickly as well.
If I ever do upgrade, whomever buys my boat will have a very nice decked out boat.
EDIT: I pulled out the captains chair and the bench seat and removed them from the boat to make it easier. When I was test fitting the piece around the captains chair, I took the chair off the stand, and just mounted the stand back with two screws opposite ends of each other, that way I could just slide over the cut out with ease. Made the job much easier.
First, I want to say thank you for the advice on the Gel Coat repair and for pointing me to this thread for additional guidance, great stuff in here! My Seadek arrived today so I am gearing up for install this weekend. One item I see you did here that I can't seem to figure out how to do it, is removing the bench seat. I see it's connected to the hull but I can't figure out how. Are there screws somewhere or does it snap in somehow? Just want to make sure I don't break it trying to remove it. lol
They are studs that are affixed to the seat with a washer and a nut that you have to get behind to take off. Kind of a PITA. At least this is on my model. I had to crawl in passenger side storage and you can see them back in there. Wear long sleeves
Should. It is what I used and nothing has changed in the model line except exterior color and seat color not the gel coat white. Here is exactly what I ordered and used.
I saw someone else mentioned this but what’s the difference between the “jet white” and the “white coat”?? White coat shows years 04-21 but jet white shows just 20-21…..we own a 2020 242se
I saw someone else mentioned this but what’s the difference between the “jet white” and the “white coat”?? White coat shows years 04-21 but jet white shows just 20-21…..we own a 2020 242se
They're super easy to deal with, don't buy until you've reached out to them. They're more likely to know the difference between the two than anyone on here. Report back, for the person following you who might have the same question.
I saw someone else mentioned this but what’s the difference between the “jet white” and the “white coat”?? White coat shows years 04-21 but jet white shows just 20-21…..we own a 2020 242se
Just call them. They will get you the correct product. I have purchased through them multiple times for myself as well as other members boats I did work on.
Using the Spectrum Gel Patch was easier than I thought it would be. Reminded me of doing body work with bondo and Fiberglass on cars 35 years ago when I was a teenager.
I sanded the snaps with my orbital 5" dewalt sander with 220 Red Rosin paper briefly. Then I mixed the Gel Patch and applied it. Don't want to add too much of the catalyst to it otherwise it dries too quick. Put it on with a small plastic flexible bondo spatula i had lying around. Once dry I sanded it with orbital sander with 220 briefly to knock down the edges and level it out then 600 on the orbital then 1000 by hand quickly. Can't tell they were ever there. I also did a few nicks I had in the white gel coat, but ran some 2000 over those as well by hand. Looks fantastic, like a brand new boat, really happy about it. Will buff the couple spots tomorrow, going to buy a polisher. All and all not a bad job.
I noticed right away in the direct sun that the SeaDek was not hot to the foot. The carpet that I took out would be smoking hot. Admiral came to look and was happy at the temperature.
EDIT: To prepare the surface I wiped everything with Acetone, then I also used the 3M Primer which dries fairly quickly as well.
If I ever do upgrade, whomever buys my boat will have a very nice decked out boat.
EDIT: I pulled out the captains chair and the bench seat and removed them from the boat to make it easier. When I was test fitting the piece around the captains chair, I took the chair off the stand, and just mounted the stand back with two screws opposite ends of each other, that way I could just slide over the cut out with ease. Made the job much easier.
I remember reading this when you were initially installing. I finally bought my marine mat with this most recent group buy. Will be installing over the off-season...great tips!