Monday 13 October 2008

Gel Coat Repairs - 3

Thought I'd have a go at the repair on the top of the rear wheelarch. So off with the clingfilm and a wipe over with some acetone:

Next rub down with 400 wet & dry to remove the bulk, followed by 800 then 1200 wet & dry with plenty of water. Each successive finer grade is run at right angles to the previous grade:
Smooth as a baby's bum..... it just has a matt finish. So 5 minutes work with Farecla G6 followed by 10 minutes rubbing hard with Farecla G3 gives you this:Now I can't seem to find the repair?It's in there somewhere?

I have also concluded that you can't take decent close up photos of shiny red surfaces!

1 Comment:

Andrew C said...

Nicely done!

BTW you might want to try Meguiars Unigrit wet and dry (available down to 3000 grit) you could then miss out the compound stage and jump straight to any medium to light polish) but hey it worked for you, so why change I guess LOL.

Still no windscreen? :o/