Painting Over Gelcoat

I ll look into the interlux paint.

Painting over gelcoat.

I had thoughts of just sanding with 330 to rough it up and the put on 2 3 coats of awlgrip. If it s a large surface such as a boat or a bathtub use a gelcoat spray gun to apply a coat over the existing coat. So the gelcoat on your boat is looking chalky and faded. Sounds like what i m looking for.

Not only do you want the paint job to look good you want to preserve that shiny gelcoat like surface. What it has are five ribs about 3 wide. If so then it s time to think about refinishing the gelcoat. Unlike wood fiberglass surfaces are nonporous making them unsuitable for spray paint adhesion.

Thanks for the reply. With a bit of work and a fair amount of care you can achieve your goal. Yes you can apply gelcoat over a surface that s already covered with gelcoat. The color is also the same.

I am painting over an old 10 years awlgrip paint job. As for the core i m not sure what you mean. And gelcoat over large areas is a ton of sanding not fun. One is just in front of the stern seat and the other four are equally spaced to just aft of the bow seat.

For smaller surface areas like a chair apply the gelcoat using a paintbrush using short vertical strokes. Before you can spray paint any type of fiberglass surface you will need to employ specific preparation techniques to condition the fiberglass to accept paint or the finish will peel soon after application.