Looking at some of the cars at the shows, I'm sure there is a good
knowledge base on this subject - I'd be interested to know of any
members who know a really good respray and repair shop for GRP. Any
experiences of repairs made to gel coat crazing followed by a long
period of staying repaired would be especially good but horror stories
may be interesting too for reference. Also an indication of cost
involved would also be useful.

One concern with contracting a shop to repair and respray all in one
is that when the car is completed, everything looks good but it could
be that the gracks were ground out and just filled with regular car
body filler (ie without GRP) - this would look great at the time of
pickup (and payment!) but not so good later.

Also, is it possible to have just the cracks repaired then the
localised repair area coated with gel coat then flattened. My concern
is that flattening the new gel coat with abrasive (DA sander?) would
potentially wear through the adjacent existing gel coat (and hence a
respray would be needed) although if local repair can be done it would
remove the need for a respray after such repairs.

Any experience shared will be of lasting use to this forum