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Trigger
 
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How do you fix it, or at least make sure no water is going to be leaking into to the boat. Does it create a structual problem that you should be worried about?
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Mingo
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You can cut them out down to the glass,then fill them back with gelcoat.This should stop most of them. Big Mike
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What Big Mike said is true, BUT if it was caused by flexing then it will come back unless you can add laminate to stop the flexing.
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Trigger
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Can the laminate be mixed with the gel-coat or are they two different/seperate applications?
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Mingo
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It is in most cases fiberglass.Gelcoat comes last.If your cracks are from flex its better to live with them If they dont keep getting bigger. Big Mike
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Trigger
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| If you can ge to the back of the area, can you add support to stop the flexing?
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Would not hurt to try.In most cases its how the boat was built. Big Mike
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Thanks Big Mike, had the inner liner out 3 years ago and put 2 coats of resin on the inside of the outer hull. They are not big cracks, just a lot of small ones, the boat is a 1981 model so I guess it's time it starts to show it's age. I'll keep plenty of wax on it and watch it closely.
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2 coats of resin on the inside of the outer hull.
All you did was add weight to the hull. It has absolutely NO strength.
The strength comes from the glass.
That and the fact that I'm sure you didn't sand the whole inside surface of the hull did you?
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| Dang X-Shark, I see you still needing that happy pill or beer Clay suggested recently or try switching the side of the bed you're waking up on...lol Give the guy a break before assuming he didn't properly prepare surface before applying resin/glass or what ever... Again as Clay called it, X Shark is a good guy as I agree from building reefs with him..he will jump right in and sacrifice life or limb to make sure your reef is welded correctly...thanks for all your help/guidance and foremost, patience with a beginner... Jimmy
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I stand by my statement. 
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