Dinghy Restoration

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For a price I couldn't refuse (free), I recently picked up fiberglass dinghy.  However, it is 25 years old and needs some quick work to look presentable.  My biggest problem is the gelcoat.  It is cracked and crazed from sitting in the sun unprotected for the last 10 years.  I was going to fill the few larger voids with epoxy putty, then sand and paint the whole thing with single-part Interlux Brightside topside paint.  This paint is pretty thin stuff though, and I don't think it will fill all the smaller cracks.  Is there a thickening agent for it or has anybody used the primer for this purpose? It doesn't have to be perfect, it's just a dink.  I just haven't used the topside paint on a hull for almost 10 years and I forget how it works and flows.  Any feedback is appreciated.

Thanks.

C34 mkII "Ambitious"
Solomons, MD
Brian Reed
1997 C34 mkII "Ambitious"
St. Mary's River, MD

dogwatch

I used Petit Easypoxy to paint a (very old) Boston Whaler.  Their "white undercoater" primer did indeed fill in the smaller gelcoat cracks prior to painting.  It did a better job of filling than I expected.  The Interlux products are probably similar.  Good Luck with the project
fitz
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