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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / July 2009

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Faded Gelcoat Restore

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gmace - 22 Jul 2009 16:45 GMT
I am sure this has been beat to death, but I am still trying to find out how
to search the newsgroups.

What product/procedure do you feel is best for restoring faded RV gelcoat. I
am looking for something that requires not too much elbow grease but I know
some will obviously be needed. Thanks for any help. Meantime I will see if I
can figure out how to search past discussions.

Thanks
Tom J - 23 Jul 2009 03:37 GMT
> I am sure this has been beat to death, but I am still trying to find
> out how to search the newsgroups.
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> discussions.
> Thanks

If the gel-coat was not maintained with regular washing and waxing,
about the only solution is a new paint job.  Repainting in Mexico is
about 1/2 US prices.
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.outdoors.rv-travel/browse_thread/thread/5bcd7
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Tom J
Don Myers - 23 Jul 2009 14:20 GMT
>I am sure this has been beat to death, but I am still trying to find out how
>to search the newsgroups.
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
>Thanks

A complete repaint is one solution, as Tom J said. The neglected paint
on my rig came up by buffing out the oxidation. I found this out when
I had some body damage, and the guy who did it buffed out the area
surrounding the repair to where it looked like new.

This job does require LOTS of elbow grease, a good quality buffer with
plenty of pads to rotate and reclean, and the right buffing compounds.
I tried to do some of the areas on my rig myself, but was unable to
obtain the consistant results obtained by the guy who knew what he was
doing. (I got too many swirls among the part that looked good.) If you
decide you want to try this route, let me know with another post and
I'll go look up the numbers for the polishing compounds.

HTH

Don M -
 
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