# Hull color - touch-up

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**Created:** [December 2, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/t/hull-color-touch-up/4434 "2012-12-02T20:59:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Island\_Moose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f08c70/32.png) [@Island\_Moose](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/u/Island_Moose)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/t/hull-color-touch-up/4434/1 "2012-12-02T20:59:44Z")

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Hello all,

I have to haul the boat in the New Year to fix a couple of things, and I want to fill and touch up a few gouges. Can anyone tell me what brand and color most closely-matches the factory orignal gel-coat on my boat? It is a 1987 and I would describe it as “off-white”. I would presume many of us have the same color. See attached photo. I can guess but it might end up looking awful.

John

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**Author:** ![Fritz\_Reilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9de053/32.png) [@Fritz\_Reilly](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/u/Fritz_Reilly)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/t/hull-color-touch-up/4434/2 "2012-12-02T23:12:41Z")

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The color msg used was " Smoke gray " very close to hatteras white by interlux . Best to compare a swatch from your local chanderly .

Fritz

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/n26_115_233/original/1X/39e3f8ffb93f4278d654ae38d831066e407d616b.jpeg) [@system](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/t/hull-color-touch-up/4434/3 "2012-12-03T20:27:41Z")

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One way to get a reasonably close match is to mix the gelcoat up on a piece of glass and add colour till when compared to the gelcoat it is a close match. Lighter is better than darker. West Marine sells tubes of tint colours.