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The front tops of the AO's have the non-skid in the gelcoat. I saw one that over the sponsons was sanded smooth and painted. I thought it looked great. My question is, is the gelcoat thick enough over the sponsons to just sand the non-skid off and have smooth gel-coat without painting? I would leave the center section rough and add the hand rails.
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if the gel is white the answer is yes if its any other color the answer is no. i sanded the non skid of my yellow 31 and i ended up with a white deck. i guess it would of been to eazy just to use yellow only. i thought that was bull****. no nonskid makes the boat look less dated.
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The gel is white. I would hope that they used the same color throughout. That must of hurt. The more you sanded the whiter it got. I think the boat looks much better without the nonskid on the sides also. Down the center is good enough. So, did you paint it or have it regelled?
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I sanded all the non-skid off my Scarab Panther and had no problems. Non skid is usually made with the existing gelcoat. Unless you have a different color non skid than the gelcoat, you should be able to sand it out.
Merlin, that sucks dude. I guess the non-skid was yellow and the rest of the Gelcoat was white? Sounds like a lot of work. Sorry man.
Merlin, that sucks dude. I guess the non-skid was yellow and the rest of the Gelcoat was white? Sounds like a lot of work. Sorry man.
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