Painting Over Gelcoat

The color is also the same.

Painting over gelcoat.

So the gelcoat on your boat is looking chalky and faded. Yes you can apply gelcoat over a surface that s already covered with gelcoat. If it s a large surface such as a boat or a bathtub use a gelcoat spray gun to apply a coat over the existing coat. What it has are five ribs about 3 wide.

Do i need to prime it if the under original coat is pretty good. I had thoughts of just sanding with 330 to rough it up and the put on 2 3 coats of awlgrip. And gelcoat over large areas is a ton of sanding not fun. You ve cleaned compounded and waxed and it looks good for a while but the chalkiness returns maybe the red accent stripe that used to look so good looks pink or the dark blue bootstripe is now baby blue.

I am painting over an old 10 years awlgrip paint job. One is just in front of the stern seat and the other four are equally spaced to just aft of the bow seat. If so then it s time to think about refinishing the gelcoat. As for the core i m not sure what you mean.

For smaller surface areas like a chair apply the gelcoat using a paintbrush using short vertical strokes. I ll look into the interlux paint. Like any painting project preparation is the key and in this case you will be painting over the slick shiny surface of gelcoat. Not only do you want the paint job to look good you want to preserve that shiny gelcoat like surface.

Before you can spray paint any type of fiberglass surface you will need to employ specific preparation techniques to condition the fiberglass to accept paint or the finish will peel soon after application. With a bit of work and a fair amount of care you can achieve your goal.