bassett
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| posted on 23/12/07 at 12:52 AM |
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GRP scuffs
Hi just got my new kit and scuffed some of the GRP, anything i can use on this to take it back to the nice shiny stuff? im sorry if this has been
asked before but ive had trouble searching the forum.
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Fozzie
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| posted on 23/12/07 at 01:06 AM |
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Try this thread......
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=66888
HTH Fozzie
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 23/12/07 at 01:10 AM |
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I'm assuming its gel coated then.
Fine grade 1000 wet and dry (with loads of soapy water) or 600 till any deep scratches are removed then back too the 1000, then as fine a grade as you
can get.
After all that work, use paint rubbing compound (Halfords stock it in flat tins) that's courser than T-cut. By that point it will be quite shiny
and original T-cut can be used to finish it off, note there are now two grades of T-cut one for regular use (rubbish stuff) and the original.
There's no quick way of doing it and don't go to deep or you'll hit the glass layer. You will also most likely hit very small
bubbles, ignore them, a coat of wax will sort that out.
see that /\ some sod drops that in while I'm typing, oh why do I bother  
[Edited on 23/12/07 by Mr Whippy]
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UncleFista
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| posted on 23/12/07 at 03:00 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by bassett
<snip>ive had trouble searching the forum.
Try using % symbols instead of spaces 
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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BenB
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| posted on 23/12/07 at 10:14 AM |
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I've used Autosol buffed with a little polishing pad on the dremel-substitute tool... Worked well (just don't hold it one place for too
long or you'll over-heat the gelcoat and it goes dull). The best approach is to rapidly move up / down side / side over the part being polished.
Did the job nicely for me!!!
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Triton
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| posted on 23/12/07 at 10:19 AM |
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Elbow grease and wet n dry then cutting compound but watch out you don't cook the gel coat...yellow will turn a weird colour.
Oh and wear a mask if using a polisher as cutting compound tastes disgusting as it flies everywhere....get in a reeeet mess well I do but then I seem
to get lagged in resin ...
Mark
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bassett
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| posted on 23/12/07 at 01:33 PM |
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ok cool thats great guys so similar to what ive done on car bodywork i just wasnt sure it would be the same process because of the materials but looks
like it is.
cheers
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