my Ranger back to new...gelcoat and hull treatment
my Ranger back to new...gelcoat and hull treatment
After asking around come to find out that this shop in the middle of nowhere does the warranty work for a couple of the major manufactures and is the go to place for the poker run boats. Fibro Mobile is owned by Marc Beaudin... He and his Daughter Jessica operate the business and they are busy! When I brought the Ranger by, Jessica professionally reviewed the work that would be needed to bring everything back to new. We decided that this would be a good winter project so I hauled the boat down early in February and over the next 2 weeks they performed their magic.
After seeing the chips on the chine, Marc suggested that I consider a hull treatment called Wearlon to both protect the hull and minimize future damage. The treatment is a slick teflon based product designed to reduce drag and protect the hull. I check in with Ranger and they recommended the product but advised me not to be disconnecting the boat from the winch before backing down to the water or the boat might slip off the trailer.. it is that slippery!
Picked the boat up last week and WOW... not only did they bring the gelcoat back up, they sanded and re-clear coated the trailer fenders.. it looks awesome.
Marc was telling me that he has done a ton of insurance work and all sorts of boats and in particular bass boats.. something to keep in mind.. just in case
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Re: my Ranger back to new...gelcoat and hull treatment
Looks great Ron!!
Nice to have local service like that.
Nice to have local service like that.
Re: my Ranger back to new...gelcoat and hull treatment
What were you doing cruising around Marble rock road??

Looks good!

Looks good!
Re: my Ranger back to new...gelcoat and hull treatment
delivering a truck to Fosters Orrsey
took the scenic route!

Re: my Ranger back to new...gelcoat and hull treatment
Fosters also does good work!
Re: my Ranger back to new...gelcoat and hull treatment
Out of curiosity, what does something like that cost??



If you don't stand for something,
you'll fall for anything!!
you'll fall for anything!!
Re: my Ranger back to new...gelcoat and hull treatment
I had a bunch of things done, including some clear coat on the trailer etc.. but I estimate that the cost of doing the hull.. tape, sanding and install and the material at about $2K... the material cost would depend on the hull size of course.
Marc told me he is happy to help guys out wanting to do it themselves.. just give them a call or email: gzpaint@gmail.com
Marc told me he is happy to help guys out wanting to do it themselves.. just give them a call or email: gzpaint@gmail.com