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15 April 2014, 23:08
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Country: Ireland
Town: Termonfeckin
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 4m +
Engine: Yamaha F50 4 Stroke
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Orange with a tinge of green
I have a 4.8m Ribcraft that has an orange console, with a tinge of green in places. Hard to describe, will upload pics tomorrow, but presume this is some form of oxidisation and can only be cut out with something like farecla ? ?
Also gave the tubes a good clean, with ribshine, but still some patches of grime/inground dirt, whats best to move it ? Again will get pics tomorrow and have already tried Fairy power spray.
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15 April 2014, 23:35
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Country: Ireland
Length: 4m +
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Did this colour change start after you brought it home? Maybe after a few weeks, it will go completely green.... 
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15 April 2014, 23:42
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Country: Ireland
Town: Termonfeckin
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Originally Posted by willk
Did this colour change start after you brought it home? Maybe after a few weeks, it will go completely green.... |
No Will , it was there, looks like oxidisation, just never had any orange grp b4 so all new to me.
On similar subject, have a few small dings in the hull to fill, again orange in colour - only have white filler - can you dye the filler of just paint over the few areas that are done ?
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16 April 2014, 09:42
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Orange with a tinge of green
On the orange Avon consoles they normally go blue, I've never seen them go green, try farcia or t- cut and see what happens. If It looks like it's under the gel then you'll have to use wet and dry and then polish.
Does it look like brush strokes?
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16 April 2014, 09:48
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You can buy the right colour flow coat from ribcraft to make any repairs. You can also buy it from east coast fibre glass if you know the colour bs or ral code.
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16 April 2014, 21:42
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Country: Ireland
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Definitely not brush strokes. Appears in slight blotches here and there, bit like the shape of Gorbachovs old birthmark kinda thing. Cannot figure out how to post pics, presume I have to host them somewhere first then paste link ?
Have some very fine farecla, will try rubbing it on and see what comes of it.
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16 April 2014, 21:55
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Attach pics using the paperclip icon over the reply field. It helps if the files are small - around 300k is ideal.
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16 April 2014, 22:08
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Country: Ireland
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Hopefully pic uploads here, still hard to see the tinge
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16 April 2014, 23:10
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Is it me or 'should have gone to Specsavers?! Looks pretty orange to me!
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16 April 2014, 23:34
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Country: UK - Scotland
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Make: Ribcraft 585
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That's what happens when they banned lead in the pigments, its UV damage.
My northcraft has done the same, it goes deep, I've tried sanding and then polishing but its still there. Il live with it.
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16 April 2014, 23:38
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Fort William
Make: Ribcraft 585
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You can see the original colour of the gelcoat in these pictures against the brown of the UV damaged gel.
My hull is a marbled effect of the the two colours and the keel where the sun hasn't got to is still the original red.
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17 April 2014, 06:49
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Country: UK - England
Town: UK
Length: 5m +
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Originally Posted by septicsac
?...gave the tubes a good clean, with ribshine, but still some patches of grime/inground dirt, whats best to move it ? Again will get pics tomorrow and have already tried Fairy power spray.
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Check out our Hypalon RIB tube cleaning guide and orange gelcoat filler pigment available here
Hope that helps 
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