Gelcoat Buffing HELP !!!!!

[WATERROCKET]

Guys, Started to buff the bottom of the my hull. This is not fun...should i start with wet sanding?
At this pace i won't get the boat in the water this year.

[396_WAYS_TO_SPIT]

Go www.havasubarney.com and ask away wink He is the gelcoat guru
396

[Licketty Split]

I am feeling your pain brother I started with 320 grit on a ordital and finished wth 1200 block

[HammerDown]

Tell me about it...I Wet color sanded my WHOLE 21 1983 Daytona...but she's standing tall!

[DUCKY]

Buffing usually doesn't do much good without sanding first. Just curious, why are you buffing the bottom anyways?

[WATERROCKET]

Finished, 400 then 1000 grit and buff, the bottom never was painted, looks like it now though. Do not care to do that agian.

[propless]

Orbital sander, a damn good one like from Porter Cable – trust me on this one!! Start with 320 or 400, then 800, then a 1000. Get real comfortable; take mass amounts of Ibuprofen and numerous beers at night so you’re yours arms relax at your side and do not point at the ceiling.
I completed a 27' day cruiser just a month ago. Sand down the entire bitch or was that boat, shot the PPG’s best exterior auto paint, then the PPG’s best urethane (another real joy to work with – cover yourself and have a damn good respirator), new carpet and now wrapping up the interior. Yes sirre, I'll be so damn broke I can't afford the gas to run this summer, but it looks great in the driveway
What was the question???????????