Staple in gel coat?

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  • Ronix3131
    • Jun 2018
    • 8

    • SoCal

    #1

    Staple in gel coat?

    So this is the first year IÂ’ve kept my boat on the water. I was washing off some of the scum with a microfiber while it was floating and noticed a chip underneath about 3-4 inches in from the side. Also had a small sharp piece of metal sticking out. Pulled the boat out, took it home, got under there and pull out a small piece of metal with some pliers. Shaped like a staple, super small. There was some rust in there as well. This is right between the wheels while itÂ’s sitting on the trailer. Any insight to this? Is this a part of the construction? Did moisture cause this piece of metal to rust/swell and puncture through the gel coat?

    I have a hard time believing it came from an outside source to get lodged in there.


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    Last edited by Ronix3131; 04-13-2019, 03:09 PM.
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  • xlair
    Senior Member of PLANETNAUTIQUE
    • Jul 2003
    • 694

    • Wisconsin

    #2
    Could have come from the trailer bunk carpet staple?


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    • DealsGapCobra
      Senior Member of PLANETNAUTIQUE
      • May 2010
      • 375

      • Knoxville, TN

      • Ski Nautique 200
      #3
      My only guesses are trailer bunk, which you don’t think to be the case, or the unlikely odds of hitting debris that had the staple in it. That’s a tough one.


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      • DealsGapCobra
        Senior Member of PLANETNAUTIQUE
        • May 2010
        • 375

        • Knoxville, TN

        • Ski Nautique 200
        #4
        Do you beach the boat?

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        • core-rider
          1,000 Post Club Member
          • Feb 2004
          • 1348

          • Huntsville, AL

          • 2003 Black SANTE
          #5
          I'm guessing it's a small piece of trash that accidentally made it's way in the mold and didn't get cleaned out before applying gel... A few years ago when I cut out part of my floors to enlarge the battery box openings I just happened to cut right into a SS lock washer that was embedded in the fiberglass/resin. Scared me for a second thinking I'd hit something I shouldn't have, but once I figured out what was going on I kept cutting.

          It's an assembly line and sometimes small things will make their way into the process that shouldn't. I would patch the gelcoat where you dug it out and go on using your boat!
          Jason
          All black 2003 SANTE
          -- Southern Fried --

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          • GMLIII
            1,000 Post Club Member
            • May 2013
            • 2795

            • Smith Mountain Lake, VA (Craddock Creek area)

            • 2017 G23 Coastal Edition H6 | 2001 Sport Nautique | 1981 Ski Nautique
            #6
            Originally posted by core-rider View Post
            I'm guessing it's a small piece of trash that accidentally made it's way in the mold and didn't get cleaned out before applying gel... A few years ago when I cut out part of my floors to enlarge the battery box openings I just happened to cut right into a SS lock washer that was embedded in the fiberglass/resin. Scared me for a second thinking I'd hit something I shouldn't have, but once I figured out what was going on I kept cutting.

            It's an assembly line and sometimes small things will make their way into the process that shouldn't. I would patch the gelcoat where you dug it out and go on using your boat!
            Not a bad hunch, you are probally correct

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