Decal removal replacement
Good afternoon,
I’m in the process of bringing up my 2002 Four Winds to a more respectable state and I’ve moved onto decals.
I’ve been able to remove the decals that I want to replace but I’ve come up with a new problem. The fiberglass underneath the old decals looks like new and you’ll be able to see it around the new decals because the new decals aren’t an exact match. They are close but not perfect.
Any suggestions as to what I need to do to try to make it not so obvious? I get the feeling I’m going to end up polishing the entire RV with a compound then a regular fiberglass polish to try to make the gelcoat look brand new. I’m not new to working with fiberglass. I did a boat two years ago and had to bring up the gelcoat from very bad chalky state. I ended up using 1000 grit, 1500 grit and then 2000 grit (wet sanding) followed by compound and polish. The boat looks brand new.
I think I just talked myself into a job.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
kp
I’m in the process of bringing up my 2002 Four Winds to a more respectable state and I’ve moved onto decals.
I’ve been able to remove the decals that I want to replace but I’ve come up with a new problem. The fiberglass underneath the old decals looks like new and you’ll be able to see it around the new decals because the new decals aren’t an exact match. They are close but not perfect.
Any suggestions as to what I need to do to try to make it not so obvious? I get the feeling I’m going to end up polishing the entire RV with a compound then a regular fiberglass polish to try to make the gelcoat look brand new. I’m not new to working with fiberglass. I did a boat two years ago and had to bring up the gelcoat from very bad chalky state. I ended up using 1000 grit, 1500 grit and then 2000 grit (wet sanding) followed by compound and polish. The boat looks brand new.
I think I just talked myself into a job.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
kp
