by manifold » Thu Mar 14, 2013 8:45 am
Looks like a lovely colour to me. It's a similar colour to Andy Murrays old convertible with the ridgard seats that was up for sale last year or so.
I don't know what paint doesn't chip on GRP Stuart. Maybe a colour impregnated epoxy paint which you can get. But they aren't very UV stable.
As its a pre-used shell and probably been out in the rain at some point during its life one definite thing to do would be to bake the shell off to drive out the moisture readings down to 15% on a trammex or 5% on a sovereign moisture meter set on the GRP setting before painting. Otherwise it will eventually fail as the moisture tries to migrate outwards....thats one of the reasons why though flow venting is important in GRP vehicles. Not a problem with the convertible which has plenty of venting.
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