boat bottoms!!

   Either a marine polish (with teflon) 
or 1200 then 1500 and 1800 wet n dry if you can get it - if you want it to be gloss after you can use Rubbing/Cutting compound to bring it back to a gloss. Also check with your Rules as I think they are very strict on the laser and may not allow you to have a matt finsh or something.

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Skiffman Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Far too distracted from work Joined: 27 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 291	Post Options Post Reply Quote Skiffman Report Post Quote Reply Topic: boat bottoms!! Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 4:21pm
	Either a marine polish (with teflon) or 1200 then 1500 and 1800 wet n dry if you can get it - if you want it to be gloss after you can use Rubbing/Cutting compound to bring it back to a gloss. Also check with your Rules as I think they are very strict on the laser and may not allow you to have a matt finsh or something.
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ianwat2212 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Groupie Joined: 11 Dec 04 Location: South Africa Online Status: Offline Posts: 88	Post Options Post Reply Quote ianwat2212 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 15 Mar 05 at 10:12pm
	I use T-cut on the bottom of my 29er & it seems to do the job, fine wet & dry is required to get rid of ne proper scratches tho.
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	When refurbishing our university laser 2 for the nationals this year we used gelcoat all over and then used a variety of different grade wet and dry papers until we were down to a 1200 grain to finish off. Not sure the difference in it being a fibreglass boat though but i'm sure it would work.... Might want to wait for some more suggestions though before you go ahead just incase i'm wrong!
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jamesint505 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Groupie Joined: 18 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 75	Post Options Post Reply Quote jamesint505 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 15 Mar 05 at 8:42pm
	has anybody got any idea how to smooth the bottom of a fibreglass boat.was thinking about using t cut but dont know if this would work.sanding seems too extreme any other suggestions.maybe a polishing head on a drill maybe??
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