Small cosmetic oyster scratches

Broken Bay · 01 March 2010, 20:04

Hello,

I am new to the Forum and am hoping someone can help me find a good cosmetic fix to
invisably repair some shallow scratches to my RIB tube caused by a brush with Oysters?

There is only a couple and they aren't deep.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Chris · 01 March 2010, 20:26

Depending on the colour there are a variety of gelcoat filling products out there that combined with 1200 grit wet and dry and some polishing compound will leave you with a perfect finish.

spartacus · 01 March 2010, 22:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris

Depending on the colour there are a variety of gelcoat filling products out there that combined with 1200 grit wet and dry and some polishing compound will leave you with a perfect finish.

That's for the hull/deck. The repair in question is for the sponsons/tubes. Probably not much can be done unless you apply a wear patch over the top, depending where it is.

Chris · 02 March 2010, 16:49

Ahh Sorry, in that case assuming the tubes are hypalon then I recently got rid of some scuff like marks on my tubes using some of the Hypalon glue thinners then treated the tubes with 303 to bring the shine back.

Broken Bay · 14 March 2010, 06:02

Chris & Spartacus,

Thanks so much for your feedback.

It's great to have this forum and I look fwd to contibuting where I can.

Cheers
Broken Bay