liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 30/10/05 at 01:51 PM |
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painting gelcoat
my gelocoat body has become damaged in storage and is a crappy colour anyway, so was wondering what the procedure is for painting it?
can anyone shed some light
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Hugh Paterson
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| posted on 30/10/05 at 02:11 PM |
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Painting plastic
Rub down with wet-n-dry to ensure all the release agent is off the surface, paint with system of your choice. Lots of people prefer two packs, but
works with cellulose, acrylic and such like. I would recommend u havea look at the range of hard commercial truck/bus single and two pack paint
systems out there, works for me and tough and hard wearing to boot
Shug.
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flak monkey
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| posted on 30/10/05 at 02:32 PM |
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I'm sure Mark would love to tell yu all about proper 2-pack paints... 
But seriously Mark Allanson is the man to ask in this case 
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 1/11/05 at 08:20 AM |
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2K is the best, but not a DIY option. I did mine in 2K, but I don't have the facilities anymore.
Now I would use a 2 component filler etch primer, followed by a polyester colour coat, followed by a 1K clearcoat.
You must use lots of panel wipe to get rid of the release agents, fully key up the surface with grey scotch, don't bother trying to block out
ripples unless really bad, the first hot day will make you some new ones!
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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