Painted the epoxy injected deck areas with Non-skid paint. This hid all the "key hole surgery" holes drilled on deck for the epoxy injection core repair.
Preparation involved some sanding and a dremmel. The later had a small carving fitting which removed some epoxy overflow, and restored the original non-skid texture in the original gelcoat. The surfaced was cleaned with sougarsoap and scrub brush. Then non-skid areas taped up. The blue tape was the best edging type, it's strong with sharp edges, the glue wont deteriorate after days in the sun and it peels off easily. Cheaper cream tape was used for less critical areas.
Used Norglass marine paints. A litre of primer and a litre of cream coloured non-skid was 2x enough. Brushing on was ok. Moved the boat into an afternoon shady area next to the house, as hot dry season was on ("Spring" for temperate zone Sydney /Melbourne), tropical sunny with daily 28C highs. The humidity is lowest from midday to 4pm, about 50%.
The white primer was a 2 part epoxy paint, 3 resin:1 hardener mix. Put 2 coats on by brush.
The non-skid was single pack and had it's anti-skid grains pre-mixed in. 2 coats as well.
Very pleased with the result. Should last for a few years.
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