Discussion
Managed to catch the rear of the front wheel arch on my garden wall this morning when reversing out of the garage. Have taken off about a square inch of paint and cut some thankfully shallow and short grooves in the GRP.
I plan to have a go at it tonight when I get home from work, as I would rather avoid a bodyshop charge for what is a small bit of damage. Any tips?
Can you sand back GRP to get it level and then use progressively finer grades of paper to smooth it off? How about using a fine file for the first stage? I don't know much about GRP, so I don't want to make things worse by cracking it or pulling lumps off.
I'm reasonably handy with the touch up paint (acquired from a dealer ages ago - lucky), as I've had minor mishaps in (metal) cars before, but do I need to do anything clever to make sure it adheres properly?
Total pain in the ass. And I'd just given the car a proper Swissol work over at the weekend, so it was looking absolutely beaut.
PS - Yes, Swissol is as good as it says. Thankfully, it was a present so I didn't have to pay for it!
I plan to have a go at it tonight when I get home from work, as I would rather avoid a bodyshop charge for what is a small bit of damage. Any tips?
Can you sand back GRP to get it level and then use progressively finer grades of paper to smooth it off? How about using a fine file for the first stage? I don't know much about GRP, so I don't want to make things worse by cracking it or pulling lumps off.
I'm reasonably handy with the touch up paint (acquired from a dealer ages ago - lucky), as I've had minor mishaps in (metal) cars before, but do I need to do anything clever to make sure it adheres properly?
Total pain in the ass. And I'd just given the car a proper Swissol work over at the weekend, so it was looking absolutely beaut.
PS - Yes, Swissol is as good as it says. Thankfully, it was a present so I didn't have to pay for it!
One of the other PH'ers up here managed to do a very professional job on his Cerbie when a piece of metal sliced through his wing....
He said that it was a lot easier than using filler on metal, as it sands at a similar rate to fibreglass. His paint was a non-metallic yellow, so probably easier to match - even knowing he had done it, I couldn't find the repair (he used a spraycan IIRC)
He said that it was a lot easier than using filler on metal, as it sands at a similar rate to fibreglass. His paint was a non-metallic yellow, so probably easier to match - even knowing he had done it, I couldn't find the repair (he used a spraycan IIRC)
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