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Anyone gone "au natural"?

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Topic: Anyone gone "au natural"?
Posted By: H2
Subject: Anyone gone "au natural"?
Date Posted: 06 Mar 18 at 4:16pm
Has anyone ever spec'd clear gelcoat on a boat? Any pics?



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Posted By: Dougaldog
Date Posted: 06 Mar 18 at 4:31pm
Yep - at the very least on a National 12 and an International 14.

You should know by now that there's nothing REALLY new out there!

Dougal


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Dougal H


Posted By: seasailor
Date Posted: 06 Mar 18 at 4:44pm
I'm sure lots of boats have had it for their decks too if not for the hulls. Finns maybe.


Posted By: H2
Date Posted: 06 Mar 18 at 5:01pm
Originally posted by Dougaldog

Yep - at the very least on a National 12 and an International 14.

You should know by now that there's nothing REALLY new out there!

Dougal

There is nothing new under the sun, of that I am sure! Did it look ok or just a bit tatty?


Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 06 Mar 18 at 5:07pm
Originally posted by H2

Did it look ok or just a bit tatty

Clearcoat carbon or carbon Kevlar can look alright if the builder is really painstaking about the layup. Clearcoat glass, when I've seen it, looked b****y awful.


Posted By: Paramedic
Date Posted: 06 Mar 18 at 6:31pm
Clearcoat looks great for a few years. Long term outlook I believe is poor, especially as its difficult to repair invisibly


Posted By: Presuming Ed
Date Posted: 06 Mar 18 at 9:45pm
IIRC, used to be commonish in Finns for the deck. Something about clear being lighter white or coloured gel. 


Posted By: Bootscooter
Date Posted: 07 Mar 18 at 8:50am
If you scroll down to pictures of Gruffalo (now my boat) you'll see the clear look.

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Posted By: andy h
Date Posted: 07 Mar 18 at 11:14pm
Finessa of Sweden did a load of Europes in clear gelcoat hull and deck in the 1980s.  Very much an acquired taste and they are looking a bit tired now.  Rather "Mad Max" to my eyes; look like they're waiting to be painted!

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Europe AUS53 & FF 3615
National 12 3344, Europe 397 and Mirror 53962 all gone with regret


Posted By: Daniel Holman
Date Posted: 07 Mar 18 at 11:32pm
There is a difference between clear gelcoat and clear coat (varnish) - good clear polyester gelcoat, ie applied into an female mould before the laminate should last a long time. I had it on punk boat before the glass and wood. Not perfect but that’s for non gelcoat reasons.
I’m with Jim not sure I like it on glass. And he also rightly points out that either gelcoat or varnish / lacquer show all the handiwork. Hardest is getting a nice finish on non moulded lacquered parts.



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