Bob .......... We had an old boy next door that had one of the original Bermuda 40's fiberglass. I watched him do his thing with latex and a fine sponge roller and foam tipping brush. He used semi gloss so that every tiny defect would not stand out, saved prep time. It seemed to feather and sand beautifully. I never looked real close up, but who does, we all look at it from the dock. Basically it was clean, shinny clean, and no scratches or dings. It looked good enough for the next 3 years, before he sanded and rolled another coat on. And new boat again. I could never see a problem where the fenders hung. No oil products were involved so it was easy to go back to the urethanes. It's got me thinking........... I'm going to put this on the net, I'm sure others are interested..... . Captain Al Pilvinis "M/V Driftwood"--Prairie 47 2630 N.E. 41st Street Lighthouse Point, Fl 33064-8064 Voice 954-941-2556 Fax 954 788-2666 Email yourcaptain@earthlink.net Website http://home.earthlink.net/~yourcaptain