I am wanting to paint the top of my old camper van that has a 2' tall fiberglass top. I have been thinking of top paint for all the good but the bottom pain has something in it (copper ?) to show growth. Here in the N.W. if something sets too long growth starts on the surface.. so thinking using such on the top of the motorhome van that does that might work well. What do you think?
This is really tricky. I would say that there are two common methods. 1) If the builder is still in business, contact them for either the gel coat or information on where they sourced the product originally. 2) Hire someone with a good reputation for fiberglass repair. It may take them a few times to get the match right, but that's the skill that you're paying for. Incidentally, I don't have that skill, as evidenced by my Gelcoat Repair video!
Well done, Chuck! Very helpful as I've got a big Topsides project coming up.
I'm painting a 25 year old fiberglass boat. Can I apply the one part polyurethane paint directly onto the dewaxed, sanded and clean gelcoat?
Yes you can with no issues
I am wanting to paint the top of my old camper van that has a 2' tall fiberglass top. I have been thinking of top paint for all the good but the bottom pain has something in it (copper ?) to show growth. Here in the N.W. if something sets too long growth starts on the surface.. so thinking using such on the top of the motorhome van that does that might work well. What do you think?
This is really tricky. I would say that there are two common methods. 1) If the builder is still in business, contact them for either the gel coat or information on where they sourced the product originally. 2) Hire someone with a good reputation for fiberglass repair. It may take them a few times to get the match right, but that's the skill that you're paying for. Incidentally, I don't have that skill, as evidenced by my Gelcoat Repair video!
Very helpful
Thank you, T Man!
I have a 1987 Baja 240 sport yellow in color I need gel coat and I'm having a hard time finding it ....
I applied primer and paint looked better without it. I applied paint only and looked sprayed on but primer got Orange perl
Eric, thank you for your comments. Please let us know if there is anything we can help you with.
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