1994 Parker 2320 extended cabin open back project

[kidfreediver]

That's the pigment color and white gelcoat.

 

[kidfreediver]

It would be better then what you have even if it was close. You can have a little white gelcoat on the side so if you mix to much and it's to dark throw more white into it. The great thing about this stuff that I hope you realize. If you screw up you can always sand it off. It's a great medium. Have some confidence in yourself. No one get on the roof much anyways just get it close. That's my motivational speech.

 

[mheltunen]

It would be better then what you have even if it was close. You can have a little white gelcoat on the side so if you mix to much and it's to dark throw more white into it. The great thing about this stuff that I hope you realize. If you screw up you can always sand it off. It's a great medium. Have some confidence in yourself. No one get on the roof much anyways just get it close. That's my motivational speech.

Good speech. Can any brand gelcoat be applied over each other or should I stick with the same stuff used?


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[mheltunen]

Any part number for the pigment? If that’s all I need to add to the white to get close I’ll go that route.


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[mheltunen]

Custom canvas installed. The center is a zip up door.

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[shawnee83]

Looks great. Nice to have the 3 piece with the roll up door

 

[kidfreediver]

That's the parts number I believe and that canvas is really nice. great option to keep the sides removable from the entrance

 

[Brent]

Custom canvas installed. The center is a zip up door.

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Nice! When we re do ours, will copy it

B2

 

[Brent]

Custom canvas installed. The center is a zip up door.

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Nice! When we re do ours, will copy it

B2

Any pics of the cockpit hatch by entrance way. Does it have drain?

B2

 

[mheltunen]

Yes it has a screw out drain plug in the bottom

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[mheltunen]

If this is the area your question is about it has the circled weep holes.

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[mheltunen]

I bit the bullet and ordered Parker color match for the roof. I plan on only doing it once so might as well do it right.


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[Brent]

I bit the bullet and ordered Parker color match for the roof. I plan on only doing it once so might as well do it right.


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Neat. From where?

B2

 

[mheltunen]

I bit the bullet and ordered Parker color match for the roof. I plan on only doing it once so might as well do it right.


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Neat. From where?

B2

http://www.cecilmarineonline.com/parker ... 9-to-2012/


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[shawnee83]

I bit the bullet and ordered Parker color match for the roof. I plan on only doing it once so might as well do it right.


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That’s a good call. I thought you already were using the Parker color. The small areas that I have done I didn’t even consider not using the factory color. Your roof and other repairs will probably be darker than the rest of the boat but if you buff out the rest of the boat it will be close enough. Also, in a few years the new gel coat on the repairs will fade and match closer as time passes. Some of the other guys here are good enough at it to add some white or whatever to match the origins boats fade but not me. Did it ever cure out today?

 

[mheltunen]

I bit the bullet and ordered Parker color match for the roof. I plan on only doing it once so might as well do it right.


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That’s a good call. I thought you already were using the Parker color. The small areas that I have done I didn’t even consider not using the factory color. Your roof and other repairs will probably be darker than the rest of the boat but if you buff out the rest of the boat it will be close enough. Also, in a few years the new gel coat on the repairs will fade and match closer as time passes. Some of the other guys here are good enough at it to add some white or whatever to match the origins boats fade but not me. Did it ever cure out today?

The roof has mostly cured. There are some random specks that are slowly curing. I think running the heat gut helped speed it up a bit. I applied some color match Parker gelcoat today and made SURE I had the correct amount of hardener and mixed it well. I had two quarts on hand for some of the repairs on the pilothouse and transom. My plan for the roof now is to lightly sand some areas and topcoat with the Parker gel when it arrives. From what I’ve read the small uncured areas will harden when a top coat is applied. Initially I was trying to save a few $ by not going with the Parker gel.


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[kidfreediver]

You planned it that way And i wouldn't tell anyone any different. They'll never know what's under the parker gelcoat[emoji12]

 

[mheltunen]

I’m beginning to become frustrated with brushing gelcoat. I’m finding that its difficult to spread it evenly without leaving brush marks and thin areas. On top of that I’m using a small fortune in painting supplies. Perhaps a bit late in the project but I’m considering purchasing a sprayer. In some of the previous posts we had discussed spraying but I cannot see any recommendations on what brand model to use. I’m assuming a large sprayer would not be needed because I’m not planning on redoing the hull anytime soon but plan next year (or 2) to replace all the pilot house windows. At that time I want to sand the pilot house and redo the gelcoat. So if anyone has some recommendations for a sprayer I’m looking for suggestions.


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[mheltunen]

First coat of gelcoat applied to the top of the transom and the cabin bulkhead. Some light areas and it’s still a tad tacky in a few small areas after 24 hours.

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[mheltunen]

I did some research tonite and may have discovered why some small areas of the Parker gelcoat may not have cured over some of the repairs. I used total boat 2 part fairing compound to finish off the surfaces and sounds like they recommend using a primer when applying gelcoat over it. Well....I did not in a few spots and it shows. They are small areas so some scraping and sanding will be required followed by some primer (on way). I hope some people learn from my mistakes. In the future on any repairs not structural I plan on using polyester resin vs traditional epoxy. For the roof repair I still feel it was a better way to go but for the smaller cosmetic repairs I’d definitely go with the poly for easy topcoating


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