Any Tips For Painting Fibreglass?

[tek_01]

hey all just going to patch up my front bar and a set of eyelids i bought but i need to know how to go about it. usually all paint jobs i do end up looking dull and especially on FG

so what would i be doing, sand back, patch up, putty up with body filler, sand dead smooth than paint with desired colour?

should i use anything on nthe bare FG for the eyelids? theyre pretty rough so im going to use some filler and sand them so im happy with them but should i put anything before the paint or is the filler good enough?

[Craved]

PRIMER - always use a primer under paint

[Sambo33]

^^^ exactly. especially on fiberglass too, paint will look dull and crap without primer & it wont adhere properly either

[tek_01]

even if i am just scuffing back the old paint, not going all the way back to fibreglass?

or just primer it anyway?

[Sambo33]

oh, u can paint over old paint, just primer any filler or repairs. but definately prime bare fiberglass.

[GTS_Retro]

Give the original paint a sand back nothing too agressive, Primer then you will be able to see any dents or ripples from poor moulding or thin Gell coat. Also the 1k prime will fill small hairline cracks and sanding marks, use a light weight plastic bog that wont take much work with the paper to shape. Ive found that using a really hard bog ive been working my guts out trying to shape it and in the process ive sanded away the sourounding FB, making it worse.

but if you are fixing just small pin holes or air bubble in the gell coat there is a red putty in a tube called cool glaze, dont need to mix it. knife it on let it dry and rubs back reall easly.

but if your not using bog to fix old marks etc. still definatly primer first. think about spaying say a silver metallic over an old yellow bar, yellow tint thru the silver and once installed the bar will look different in changing light.

Edited November 16, 2007 by GTS_Retro