Hull Resin

[twoiner]

I bought a new 260DA. I am supposed to take delivery this Saturday. I just got a call this afternoon from the sales manager who I bought the boat from at Fox Chapel Marine north of Pittsburgh, PA. He said when they unwrapped the boat to they noticed that the resin did not dry right on the hull and needed to be redone. The hull is a dark blue and he said it had a white cloud going through the paint. They have a mechanic working at this marine that used to work at Sea Ray.
He said that the will need to reapply the resin and it would take around 10days to allow it to dry properly. He said I could still take delivery this Saturday and then bring it back next week.
Can someone explain if they redo it and make it look like it should do I have anything to worry about. I was thinking to tell him that I take delivery and use my boat for the summer and then they could clean it and reapply in September.
I would greatly appreciate hearing from any members as to how sick should I be over this and what should I be concerned with.

I hope all have a great weekend,
:smt001:smt001

 

[fwebster]

In the first place, resin isn't paint and it doesn't dry. Resin is a catalized product that hardens when the catalyst reacts with the resin. If there is a white cloud in the blue gelcoat, then the gelcoat was either contaminated, mixed wrong or applied too thin and the white cloud is where the substrait can be seen under or thru the gelcoat. If the dealer thinks he can repair this by applying more gelocat, it indicates to me that he thinks the problem can be fixed by covering up the white cloud.......and may indicate that the thin gelcoat idea is the likely cause.

The question I have to ask is are you going to be happy accepting the repaired boat and is the repair going to be a permanent fix that lasts? I don't guess you can know until you see the end result, but based upon the difficulty I see others have in repairing blue gelcoat, I'm not sure I would accept the repaired boat.

Until you make that decision, do not pay for the new boat. The dealer is going to try to force you to close, but don't do it because you lose all leverege once you close.

 

[190SigSeaRay]

I know absolutely nothing about the repair in question, but if it appears to you that the sales manager is "pushing" this through, I would be VERY leery of accepting the delivery of this boat without a written letter from both the dealer and Brunswick, stating that the boat will be repaired to your satisfaction and that said repairs will be warranteed for an extended period of time.

Go with your gut, brother. The only times I've ever been screwed is when I've ignored my gut instincts..........

Good luck, and keep us posted.

Paul

 

[mawyatt]

I believe the gel coat is part of the process of creating the hull while it's in the mold (see the SR movie on how they form the hulls) I would think that they could not do as good a job on the hull by applying extra gel coat outside the mold...small areas like touch ups are OK but the entire hull...probably not.

If this were me I would not accept this unless a big additional discount was offered...like the additional cost of the blue gelcoat.

Good luck,

Mike

 

[tobnpr]

Have you seen it yourself yet?
If this is a small area, it might be repairable. If it's the entire hull, I would not allow the dealer to do it. Ship the boat back to the factory and have them do it, or better yet- demand a new boat.

Like others have said- DON'T CLOSE until it's resolved one way or the other to your staisfaction. This isn't your problem- it's SR's.

 

[Dave S]

If it were me I would ask to see the boat and to speak with the fiberglass technician that expects to do the work. Ask him what went wrong and what he needs to do to repair it. I would be extremely concerned if it were a resin/catlyst problem as Frank mentioned because I would wonder what other parts of the hull have the same problem that maybe are not visible. Under no circumstances should you close the deal until you decide if you will feel comfortable with the circumstances and will be satisfied with the work.

 

[AndersonAcres]

I would seriously consider rejecting the boat. This is a new boat afterall. A punchlist of things to repair is one thing, but problems with the gel coat/resin is a bit beyond what I would accept. IMO