Preparing fibreglass wings for paint.

Post by **peatbrown** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 3:16 pm

I am in the process of preparing my Morris for paint - (boring) and as I have fitted replacement front and rear wings in fibreglass, I was wondering if you have to use any specific primers and stuff?
Unless anyone can reccomend someone cheap in S Wales that will do a decent paint job. I have been quoted £1500!

Post by **g_land** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 3:36 pm

there is a special primer needed for fibreglass but thats the sprayers problem. 1500 sounds a bit high alright

Post by **rayofleamington** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 3:37 pm

I just keyed the surface with some 800 wet n dry, and also used a decent primer.
The paint stayed on very well for the next 10 years, but with accident damage the paint scratched down to the gel coat. I'm not sure if that can be avoided as I don't know if etch primer works on fibreglass... Someone else may know......
aha g_land beat me to it ;-)

Post by **g_land** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 4:25 pm

Post by **Robins** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 7:45 pm

Yep you need to use a good quality Etch Primer, this can be use on bare metal, aliuminium, plastic, etc to give a good key for the rest of the paint to grab on to.

Depends what sort of a paint job you would get for £1500, it could be a bargain or it could be a bit on the high side. You only get what you pay for in this life. How much work are they going to do? Is it bare metal or just a flash over? inside aswell as out? enginebay? And then there is the finish, will they leave you to cut and polish any orange peal effect or will they do that. all adds up.

Post by **Innovator** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 8:15 pm

We treat fibre glass a bit like steel. A flat off, then 2K etch, high build primer etc
The finish on my composite panels is mint.

John

Post by **brixtonmorris** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 10:51 pm

2k. labour saving device