I cleaned the scratch with acetone, taped off around the scratch with painter's tape. Mixed the gelcoat per the instructions and applied to the scratch leaving excess. I closely monitored the curing in the mixing cut and when the gelcoat reached a 'bubble gun' consistency I pealed up the tape and trimmed the excess with a razor blade. Since the scratch was narrow the repair required no sanding and looks perfect.

Works good. I was easily able to match the orange gel coat of my kayak by blending the yellow and red. Have all of your tools and material ready as this gelcoat starts to set up in less than 15 minutes. Sanded well. I started with 150 grit and finished with 2000 wet. Completed job with compounding. I can hardly tell where the repair is.

Suggest taking your time mixing colors for best match then practice on another plastic surface before applying to your boat

Works great! Application is easy and working time is great. Dries to a rock hard finish. The only difficult part is color mixing and matching it to your appplication.

A wave pushed my floating jetski into a concrete boat dock causing 4 chips on the bottom. I bought this gelcoat kit. I read the directions 4 times before I started. This product is awesome. I have never used it before but the fix is un-noticable. After taking off the plastic sheet (after 1 hour), wet sand with the sandpaper provided, then go to a 300 grit and then a 2000 grit (using water with all sandpaper). Them go back with a 3m marine cleaner wax and the ending result is great! If you have an overlap of gelcoat you can even take a razor blade and gently scrape it off in between your sandings. The worse part of the whole fix is elbow grease! [...] I may even start my own side business with this product.

The description does not state that this product is a paste! Also, once you open the package, the inside directions says not to apply over epoxy. I had already epoxyed the screw holes 2 weeks earlier. I sanded off the Animine?? layer and cleaned with acetone as recommended, it still did not adhere well. I would NOT have bought this had I known it was a paste. I bought the aerosol spray can kit with this, somebody at JD should have seen the connection, as to the 2 products I purchased.

For small repairs to my ski boat this was just the right product. It adhered well to the original gelcoat where I first applied the hardener, where the hardener was not applied first it did not stick.