There is a lot to be said about Gel-Coat repair. The bottom line is, if the repair is made and can not be detected and stands the test of time you get A+++ on your report card! Like a fine meal, you must have good ingredients to achieve excellence!
The newer the boat the easier the Gel-Coat repair. If color pigments are lost due to aging, factory matched Gel-Coat will need some tweaking to make an undetected repair. Boat manufacturers obtain the Gel-Coat from various manufacturers and slight color variations result. The percentage of catalyst range from 1.25% to 2% will result in change color. The same percent of catalyst but change in temperature or humidity results in color change.
The best of the best Gel-Coat repairers don’t always get it right the first time! Off-whites are the easiest to blend, but even so, Captain Levi’s has over 500 shades of off-white gel-coat! We also have over 500 shades of blue, brown, green, red, etc!
Gel-Coat repair is truly an art!