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    Mar 19, 2020 5 minutes

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    Gelcoat UV damage

    Q We recently purchased a 1999 Wayfarer World, which has over the years acquired quite bad UV discolouration along the port side and the stern. We have taken a lot of advice most of which has been contradictory.

    Enquiring of chandlers and purveyors of proprietary gelcoat restoration products, the main thrust of their advice has been a chemical remedy, cutting back using various agents and waxing. On the other hand, a local boatbuilder with over four decades’ experience advises us to use a two-component polyurethane paint, saying that it will outlast by far any chemical cutting compound solution.

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