: I have to do a little gel coat repair and got a repair kit from
: West Marine. The kit has a 1 oz tube of polyester gelcoat paste
: and hardener and color including white. Anyway, the mixing is
: 1/6 oz of past with 4 drops of hardner and no more than 5% of
: color.
: Any idea how tolerant are these for mixing. It looks like a
: measuring nightmare. This is my first repair and they did tell
: me that I had better fix it before paddling or it will wick into
: the fiberglass and cause delamination.

: I would appreciate any advice before reparing this.

: Thanks,
: Bill Hills

Bill,

I had a minor gel coat repair and bought the "Evercoat Marine Gel Coat Scratch Patch" which is a tube of no catalyst stuff-It didn't harden properly in two tries, one with an old tube and one with a new tube. I then remembered Brian Nystrom's web site giving information on gel coat repair, looked it up, bought the stuff he suggested, followed his directions and it came out fine. I have plenty left, so if the repair you're doing today doesn't work I can loan you the container and you can use some and then return the rest.

Dave