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Hi Marty,

That works. I haven't learned the lessons I should have learned from
all of this but one of the lessons I have learned that seems to be true
is something is almost always better than nothing assuming you don't
call it done and forget about it. The "something is better than
nothing" rule is recursive.

Last year's haul out, I sanded, and was amazed how hot chaulky and dry
the gelcoat was. I think I cut completely through in large patches. I pained
with polyurathane because I was concerned about light shining through the
gelcoat through the polyester and ruining it, but after having the topsides
painting and doing that, I'm now convinced that polyurathane paint is trash.
It looks good for a a year or two if you absolutely do not touch it. Don't
know about enamel but you aren't going to hurt anything. It's good or it
isn't or it's good for a while. Keen to try to play with gelcoat. If I can
catch up with all of the other stuff that needs attention, thinking of playing
with the cockpit sole and seeing if I can make that work.

Any kind of filler is probably fine. The only filler I tried that
I absolutely decided was worthless was Bondo glazing putty. Couldn't
get it out of the tube and in squeezing and pushing and trying to get
it to go, it exploded all over my shirt, shorts, and shoes, and had
separated in to a foul smelling fluid and a near solid brown
substance that I'll refrain from commenting on. Thickened epoxy
definitely works there. Just scrape off everything that doesn't
fill. Cheap epoxy filler is fine. No special brand names are
needed.

Interested in any other experiences with gelcoat. 50+ years is way
better than 2+.

Cheers,
-scott