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[quote=mattson][quote=foursail]The people at West system epoxy will advise you advise you for free about best way to do repair with epoxy. When you start mixing fabrics, it's like engineering a bridge where points are under compression and and other are under tension and a lot can go wrong. I live in a area with a lot of boat builders and some said they do it all the time, think goodness I wasn't in a rush in doing  the repair and talk to a engineer about layup on a boat I was thinking building and was told to do more research before proceeding. Using vacuum bagging or a least peel ply with a squeegy to reduce amount of resin used probably most effective way to get a  strong lite repair while also using right type of fabrics for resin and repair being done. I have a boat where a repair failed where a local professional?? put to much cloth  and did not taper it an created a hard spot that Did not flex enough to the area around it and cracked an leaked was later told when doing research on future repair.
I did find it interesting that there are ways to still use gel coat to finish over epoxy if interested. I would deviate from original construction and use epoxy for repairs though. I  lean towards modern marine paint for the finish and have three boats that need paint now that I don't look forward to doing,[/quote]

Been talking to a few folks who are familiar with all that you mention, including folks here.  Thanks for the input![/quote]

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