Any idea what would cause this discoloration?

[SeaNile]

Any ideas on this? Has to be an old repair job? I thought so too but it feels smooth to the touch and no other areas of concern. Pretty well cared for boat but this area has me stumped.

 

[Angus]

Any ideas on this? Has to be an old repair job? I thought so too but it feels smooth to the touch and no other areas of concern. Pretty well cared for boat but this area has me stumped.

Inferior gel coat?

 

[techmitch]

Inferior gel coat?

It may not be inferior, but just a bad match.

 

[Skybolt]

That was a patch someone did and a few years later it didn't age like the original.

 

[Golfman25]

The way it looks to me is like something spilled on it and etched the gel coat.

 

[Lazy Daze]

Directly below that, almost to the floor, looks like another patch job. There is also a large, whiter, area to the right of it.

 

[SeaNile]

Directly below that, almost to the floor, looks like another patch job. There is also a large, whiter, area to the right of it.

Just noticed all that as well when I zoomed in. Definitely looks like 4" fiberglass roll on the edges. Caulk where the transom meets the deck was well. Wonder what happened??

 

[Lazy Daze]

Caulk... I saw that rough looking stuff, too - is that what that is?

Is this your boat?

It's gonna be hard for us to say what happened

 

[JeffM]

That was a patch someone did and a few years later it didn't age like the original.

Yes, notice the notch at the top of the sidewall is irregular, especially on the inside corner.

 

[SeaNile]

It's on the transom inside of cockpit of a boat I am considering purchasing. I'm dealing with literally the worst broker in the world and I can not get an answer on anything. And it takes about a week to get a reply. Want to guess what is standard reply is? "I have a call into the owner, waiting for a call back." He's said this about everything, call into the service dept, call into the mechanic for possible records, have a call into......total BS.

 

[Skybolt]

It's on the transom inside of cockpit of a boat I am considering purchasing. I'm dealing with literally the worst broker in the world and I can not get an answer on anything. And it takes about a week to get a reply. Want to guess what is standard reply is? "I have a call into the owner, waiting for a call back." He's said this about everything, call into the service dept, call into the mechanic for possible records, have a call into......total BS.

What is the boat your looking at? It could be that the gel coat was thin and stress cracks were repaired. But there seems to be a lot of it.

 

[Golfman25]

If it’s a repair, why aren’t the edges linear?

 

[Skybolt]

If it’s a repair, why aren’t the edges linear?

Linear, what does that mean?

That is definitely a repair of some sort, if you look at the picture you can see lot's of discoloration in other spots as well. Like as if stress cracks were repaired gel/paint sprayed.

 

[Golfman25]

Linear, what does that mean?

That is definitely a repair of some sort, if you look at the picture you can see lot's of discoloration in other spots as well. Like as if stress cracks were repaired gel/paint sprayed.

It means you grind out the gel coat via straight lines. The pattern in the pic looks very random.

 

[Skybolt]

It means you grind out the gel coat via straight lines. The pattern in the pic looks very random.

I have never seen straight lines with grinding. Usually some sort of oval and never straight corners. When you spray the gel it needs to be faired into the existing and you will sometimes see that kind of erratic blending line. Especially if it was painted instead of being gel-coated.

 

[quality time]

Definitely a couple bad gelcoat repairs going on. I'd be more concerned about the caulk in the corner of the floor.

 

[TTG]

Linear, what does that mean?

That is definitely a repair of some sort, if you look at the picture you can see lot's of discoloration in other spots as well. Like as if stress cracks were repaired gel/paint sprayed.

I have never seen straight lines with grinding. Usually some sort of oval and never straight corners. When you spray the gel it needs to be faired into the existing and you will sometimes see that kind of erratic blending line. Especially if it was painted instead of being gel-coated.

Same here. I’m with Skybolt on this one. Haven’t see straight lines with grinding.

 

[Golfman25]

Same here. I’m with Skybolt on this one. Haven’t see straight lines with grinding.

Your repair people must be drunk then.

 

[Lazy Daze]

Your repair people must be drunk then.

For superficial repairs like this, though, there's no real reason to even try and keep it straight. In fact, a blurred line would be less noticieable than a straight line, as well.

 

[Lazy Daze]

SeaNile, from what has been shown (and assuming you or someone has sounded the area satisfactorily), I wouldn't let this hold up a sale. It's cosmetic.
If it bothers you, have the whole area sanded and sprayed with gelcoat... and blend it in NOT in a straight line and it will be 98% better.