Hi Chuck,
The hairline crack in the gelcoat at that location is very common. You can open the crack up a bit, fill and sand smooth, then finish off with your stripe in gelcoat or paint. On C&Cs, the non-skid pattern is part of the deck mold so the deck gelcoat should be all the same colour regardless if it is in the smooth or non-skid surfaces. If your non-skid is a lighter shade and has grit in it then it has been painted at some time, just not by C&C. Cheers Rick Taillieu Shearwater Yacht Club Halifax, NS. From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Saur via CnC-List Sent: May-06-17 10:17 To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Chuck Saur Subject: Stus-List Deck non-skid So...I'm looking at a hairline crack in non-skid portion of foredeck, right at the seam where the foredeck ends and the trunk cabin begins. Needs attention, and thinking of creating a one-inch bright gelcoat "stripe" that follows the contour of the forward edge of the cabin. This would allow a good fix without repainting the nonskid. All exposed smooth gelcoat is off-white (cabin sides, etc), and the non-skid is a whiter-white. Hope that adequately describes my dilemma... The question: Is the non-skid portion a paint the factory applied to the gelcoat after set up in the mold? Or is the non-skid area sprayed onto the mold during the manufacturing process, and the silica added after? Has anyone sanded the non-skid to see what's under there? Chuck Saur (517)-490-5926 <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> Virus-free. <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> www.avg.com
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