Re: [Paddlewise] While we're on the subject of gelcoat... :-)

From: Michael Daly <michaeldaly_at_rogers.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 14:31:43 -0400
On 6 Jun 2003 at 10:29, Leonhardt, William J wrote:

> A.   Is gelcoat repair material available in black or can gelcoat
> repair be colored  black? 

Gelcoat comes in two colours - white and neutral (like paint).  It 
gets its final colour from mixing in pigments.  You can buy pigments 
in any basic colour and then mix to get a custom colour.  For 
example,  (where's that gelcoat colour chart...)  adding white, 
bright yellow and red to neutral will result in pale orange.  Bright 
yellow with a bit of light red in neutral will give Sunset Orange and 
so on.  If you want black, just add black pigment.

You mix the colour in the gelcoat before adding the hardener until 
you get a reasonable match.  The reason I prefer white hulls is that 
you don't waste time mixing colours (problematic for me since I'm 
colour blind!)

Mike

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