scratches on blue part of hte hull-gctid400989

[Guest]

I have a 2008, 325. I have the blue on the sides of hte hull. I have a few scratches, they are deep enough so you can see white through them.

There are 2 scratches each about 10 ft. long.

I don[t want to try to replace the whole side, is ther anything I can use to make them less noticeable?

[706jim]

Even a coloured crayon can help fill the scratches in so that they are not so noticeable.

I ordered my 246 with a white hull for precisely this reason. (The inevitable docking crash).

[Nikko]

touch-up paint from your auto-parts store. Apply thin coats, then buff... it'll look great from 10'

[Guest]

If you actually went thru the gelcoat, there are gelcoat patching kits available from any marine supplier like West Marine.

[captharv]

My last boat, a Chapparal, had a foot wide blue stripe at the dock post level. What I did was to get the little bottles of touchup pain t for cars, with the applicator (small paint brush) built in the cap/

It takes a bit of patence, but it shpud blend in. I took a pic of teh boat and 3 bottles were close. One was almost exact and at 10' was invisible.

[Guest]

Capt Davey wrote:
I have a 2008, 325. I have the blue on the sides of hte hull. I have a few scratches, they are deep enough so you can see white through them.

There are 2 scratches each about 10 ft. long.

I don[t want to try to replace the whole side, is ther anything I can use to make them less noticeable?

Capt Davey: Check around and try to find a gelcoat guy that will take care of it for you. You'll be happier about it and come trade-in time, you won't be penalized for it. Email me at [email protected]. Griff

[Guest]

I'm not 100% but I'm fairly certain the OP is referring to the vinyl decal and not the gelcoat.

[MikeACY]

I have a 2011 Ciera and did the same thing...and I'm sure it will not be the last time. I'm going to see if the dealer would do this for me while I get some warrenty work done...afterall it takes lots of gas to get my boat up to his marina... PS There are LOTS of boats with this color on the water

[Guest]

The scratches are on the vinal decal, sorry, I didn't mention this in the first question.

[Guest]

We have a 2006 325 and the blue on ours is not vinyl it is gelcoat. And yes, I hate to admit I have had to have it repaired more than once but have been very satisfied with a local gelcoat repair service.