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Re: Other: gelcoat issue
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 6/27/2011, 1:00 am
In Response To: Re: Other: gelcoat issue (Wayne )

: :

: 42 looks and no opinions? That's not like kayakers I know. ;-)

: Let me go first. I've never seen UV fade a kayak THAT much. I've
: seen a general lightening of the color that is fairly even, but
: never blotches of much darker color left behind like that. But
: I'm no expert, that's why I'm asking you.

I'll have to look tomorrow, can't see pix on the computer at work.

Regardless, gelcoat will fade something awful if left out in the sun with no protection at all. 15 years of it will kill gelcoat.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Other: gelcoat issue *PIC*
Wayne -- 6/26/2011, 7:23 pm
Re: Other: gelcoat issue
Wayne -- 6/26/2011, 10:50 pm
Re: Other: gelcoat issue
Bill Hamm -- 6/27/2011, 1:00 am
Re: Other: gelcoat issue
Brian Nystrom -- 6/27/2011, 7:13 am
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Eric Mattison -- 6/27/2011, 2:39 pm
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Mike Savage -- 6/27/2011, 2:53 pm
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StephenHJ -- 6/27/2011, 5:13 pm
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Wayne Two -- 6/27/2011, 6:26 pm