Scratched fiberglass boat- any ideas?

dmwerwie

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A detergent bottle drifted in between my moored boat and the dock. A day worth of rubbing left a few bare spots on my hull. My boat is a dark blue gel coat and the large rub marks are a light blue. The shiny coat is gone and the scars don't feel as smooth and the rest of the hull. I tried a fiberglass restorer. I tried 3M fiberglass rubbing compound, and I tried 3M finishing material. Little to no improvement. All application and buffing was done by hand. Please say my boat isn't destined to have these scars forever!
 

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Re: Scratched fiberglass boat- any ideas?

take a sanding block with 220 grit and wet sand the area affected,then switch to 400, then 600, then 1000 grit. then machine buff with 3m heavy duty compound. it that doesn't do it you will need to spray some new gel on the scratches..
 
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