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Painting where clearcoat has peeled
04-09-2007, 13:14
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Painting where clearcoat has peeled
--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Don Bradner"
wrote: Don Iam a BASF paint jobber I can help you
>with your paint codes on your coach.I also can cross reference most
Dupont codes. Lee Condosta Automotive Refinish Products 85 PT 40
> Blue Thunder has peeling clearcoat all along the upper edges. I'm
not likely to spring for a full paint job, so my choices were to do
nothing, or attempt some spot repair.
>
> The back cap was the worst, depending on angle and lighting. I
tried some test spots of fresh clear-coat, but the colors did not
match, so I decided to paint.
>
> Over the past couple of days, because we had good weather for it, I
did the largest area which is blue. Clearcoat was removed with
plastic scraper and 220-grit Re sandpaper, then everything was sanded
with 400-grit.
>
> I used Dupont Nason 2K Ful-Thane urethane, which does not need a
clearcoat. Saves a lot of work and about half the cost. The results
are not professional, but more than adequate especially for an area
11 feet off the ground where nobody is going to be looking at it
closely.
>
> I've put up a page with before/during/after pictures at
http://www.arcatapet.net/travel/painting.cfm
>
> I probably won't get to the rest of the blue, or the red and gold
portions, until sometime this summer.
>
> Don Bradner
> 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
> Eureka, CA
>
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Messages In This Thread
Painting where clearcoat has peeled - Don Bradner - 04-06-2007, 07:44
Painting where clearcoat has peeled - bloomas - 04-06-2007, 08:42
Painting where clearcoat has peeled - gnburke@...> - 04-06-2007, 09:11
Painting where clearcoat has peeled - Don Bradner - 04-06-2007, 14:58
Painting where clearcoat has peeled - Gregory OConnor - 04-06-2007, 16:23
Painting where clearcoat has peeled - Don Bradner - 04-06-2007, 18:10
Painting where clearcoat has peeled - Don Bradner - 04-07-2007, 07:01
Painting where clearcoat has peeled - Leroy Eckert - 04-07-2007, 13:31
Painting where clearcoat has peeled - gnburke@...> - 04-07-2007, 17:22
Painting where clearcoat has peeled - M Thomas Eastham - 04-08-2007, 02:37
Painting where clearcoat has peeled - Don Bradner - 04-08-2007, 03:28
Painting where clearcoat has peeled - Leroy Eckert - 04-08-2007, 03:59
Painting where clearcoat has peeled - chet geist - 04-08-2007, 04:35
Painting where clearcoat has peeled - Leroy Eckert - 04-08-2007, 04:46
Painting where clearcoat has peeled - Leroy Eckert - 04-08-2007, 05:02
Painting where clearcoat has peeled - chet geist - 04-08-2007, 06:14
Painting where clearcoat has peeled - Leroy Eckert - 04-08-2007, 10:46
Painting where clearcoat has peeled - lcondosta - 04-09-2007 13:14



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