{"id":4616,"date":"2020-04-20T13:50:17","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T13:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbifiberglass.com\/dev\/?p=4616"},"modified":"2025-05-08T10:47:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T14:47:40","slug":"355-gelcoat-paste-repair-kit-a-guide-to-patching-gelcoat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbifiberglass.com\/dev\/355-gelcoat-paste-repair-kit-a-guide-to-patching-gelcoat\/","title":{"rendered":"355 Gelcoat Paste Repair Kit:  A Guide to Patching Gelcoat."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>355 GELCOAT PASTE REPAIR KIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A gelcoat putty for repairing cracks, gouges or holes in gelcoat.\u00a0 This paste cures tack free.\u00a0 Wet sand with 400 grit and finer and buff to a gloss.<\/p>\n<p>Kit includes gel paste 8oz, MEKP catalyst, sandpaper, mixing stick, spreader and wax paper. Comes in neutral and white. The neutral can be pigmented to a desired color.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Clean and dewax the surface with 361 Verikleen, 1271 epoxy solvent, lacquer thinner or detergent of your choice.<\/li>\n<li>Scrape or sand the inside of the gouge being careful not to scratch the surrounding gelcoat.<\/li>\n<li>Catalyze with 2-5 drops of MEKP per teaspoon of gel paste.<\/li>\n<li>Work the catalyzed gel paste into the gouge, thoroughly wetting the surface and working out as many air bubbles as possible.<\/li>\n<li>Cover the gel paste with wax paper. Starting at one edge, smooth the wax paper surface with a straight edge, pushing out air bubbles and excess gel paste as you work your way across the patch.<\/li>\n<li>When cured, remove the wax paper.<\/li>\n<li>Using a sanding block with 400 grit paper and water with dish soap, smooth the patch down to the existing surface contour.<\/li>\n<li>Next sand with 600 grit, then 800 grit to further smooth the surface and buff to a gloss with buffing compound and wax (optional).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 355 GELCOAT PASTE REPAIR KIT A gelcoat putty for repairing cracks, gouges or holes in gelcoat.\u00a0 This paste cures tack free.\u00a0 Wet sand with 400 grit and finer and buff to a gloss. Kit includes gel paste 8oz, MEKP catalyst, sandpaper, mixing stick, spreader and wax paper. Comes in neutral and white. The neutral&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,35],"tags":[],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-4616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gelcoat-guides","category-tech-guides","entry","has-media"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/lbifiberglass.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/355-Gelcoat-paste.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbifiberglass.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbifiberglass.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbifiberglass.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbifiberglass.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbifiberglass.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4616"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lbifiberglass.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10213,"href":"https:\/\/lbifiberglass.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4616\/revisions\/10213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbifiberglass.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbifiberglass.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbifiberglass.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbifiberglass.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4616"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbifiberglass.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_series?post=4616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}