Re: [Paddlewise] black hulls

From: Mark Z <seakayaker_at_dotzen.org>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 16:06:19 -0600 (MDT)
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, James W. Durkin wrote:
>
> All gel-coat scratches white.  It's the nature of the beast.  How
> noticeable or not it will be is partly a function of the color of the
> material.  The darker a color is, the easier it is to see white marks
> against it.  But even with light colors, scratches can be quite
> visible as well, particularly in bright light.

i have 2 white fglass boats, well, white gel coat, and you can see the
white scratches pretty well. wax the hull, and they're far less visable!!

YMMV

markz

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