clear coat flaking off roof edge panels
A couple months ago I noticed the clear coat peeling or flaking off in a half dozen or so spots on the radiused roof edge panels on our coach. Always in the middle of the panel, never near the edge an...
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The clear coat peeling is not unique to any brand of RV. It is caused by not using enough painters applying the clear coat to be able to apply it before the base coat has set up. To aggravate this, the clear coat is not put on evenly and it is common for the clear coat to be applied too thin in some areas, especially on flat panels.
It is a paint application problem rather than a paint problem. The bad thing is that your clear coat contains the most UV protection and when it is applied too thin, the base coat does not get the protection that it should have.
The only permanent solution is to sand it all down and apply the paint properly.
They do make gauges to check the paint thickness that can be used to tell if the clear coat has been applied properly all over the RV. It is something you cannot tell by looking at the coach and unless you accurately measure the paint thickness before taking delivery you will have no recourse when the paint fails a few years down the road. Even a poor paint job will last for a couple of years, or well past the warranty time frame.
It is a paint application problem rather than a paint problem. The bad thing is that your clear coat contains the most UV protection and when it is applied too thin, the base coat does not get the protection that it should have.
The only permanent solution is to sand it all down and apply the paint properly.
They do make gauges to check the paint thickness that can be used to tell if the clear coat has been applied properly all over the RV. It is something you cannot tell by looking at the coach and unless you accurately measure the paint thickness before taking delivery you will have no recourse when the paint fails a few years down the road. Even a poor paint job will last for a couple of years, or well past the warranty time frame.
