{"product_id":"gelcoat-color-match-repair-kit","title":"Gelcoat Color Match Repair Kit - Neutral Base with 6 Tint Colors","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost gelcoat repair kits are pure white. Most boats are not. Cream, oyster, almond, ivory, sand, light blue, and every white that has spent ten years in Florida sun, none of them match a fresh white patch, and a mismatched repair is more visible than the damage was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis kit starts from a neutral base and gives you the six pigments to walk it to your hull.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat is in the kit\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 quart neutral gelcoat with hardener, no wax\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6-color pigment tinting sampler in 1\/4 oz jars\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 oz MEKP hardener and 20 mL of surfacing wax\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour 1 oz test jars with caps, 6 graduated mixing cups, stir sticks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWet\/dry sandpaper in 6 grits, 3 plastic spreaders, nitrile gloves\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstruction card with a colour-matching walkthrough\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow to actually match a colour\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClean and wet-sand a small area next to the repair. You are matching the hull as it is today, not as it left the factory.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMix small. Tint a gram or two of base in a test jar, adding pigment a drop at a time. Gelcoat pigments are strong and it is far easier to add than to walk back.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCure it before you judge it.\u003c\/strong\u003e Wet gelcoat reads darker than cured gelcoat. Catalyse the test jar, let it cure, then hold it against the hull. This is the step everyone skips and it is the one that matters.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompare in daylight, not under a shop light.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWrite down the drops. When you get it right you want to be able to mix it again for the next scratch.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNeutral, not white:\u003c\/strong\u003e a neutral base is untinted on purpose. Starting from white means every colour you mix has to fight the white already in there, and you will never reach a warm cream. Starting from neutral lets you go warm or cool.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRepairing a boat that really is stock white? The white gelcoat repair kit is cheaper and simpler.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boat Suppliers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52485088772398,"sku":"SK-GCM001","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0840\/4071\/2494\/files\/BoatSuppliers_Neutral_Gelcoat_55d56fdf-e8f3-495f-88d3-31caee7e9f14.jpg?v=1787279244","url":"https:\/\/boatsuppliers.com\/products\/gelcoat-color-match-repair-kit","provider":"Boat Suppliers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}