Hello,<br /><br />I have a 1991 Skeeter 16' boat. It's a good little boat, but the V has quite a few scratch marks in the front from hitting sticks, etc. In a few places I can see some raw fiberglass, but most are surface scratches.<br /><br />It is the original Skeeter blue. A couple questions if you don't mind....<br /><br />1) What is the best was to touch up these marks?<br />2) Do I need to do anything special for the areas where I can see fiberglass?<br />3) Can I match the original color and where would I look?<br />4) Can you add something to the bottom of the V to protect it from more scratches?<br /><br />Thanks everyone...
The bottom of the V had absolutly no Gelcoat left. First thing is to sand a bit to get some good clean glass to adhere your repair to. Then wash with Acetone to get rid of the dust. I mixed some epoxy and brushed it over the area first. Installing the keelguard was rather easy and straight forward just follow the directions.<br /><br />IMHO you can use marine tex to fill the dings to. What I am going to do is mix a fast epoxy with milled glass fiber till I can't stir it then use that to fix my dings that are on the strakes and such.