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gkime
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Mar 15, 2014

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I have a 2001 four winds motor home 34 feet long
the clear coat is peeling off 28 inches from the bottom of the rv does
anybody know home much it will cost to get it re clear coated
thank you

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  • NOMADAC has it right....but I might add to take it (also) to a truck painting shop. My clear coat was so oxidized (on my 2001 mh) the bottom 1/3rd had to be stripped and repainted. The top part...(white color) just needed a buffing.

    Remove all the doors, grill, headlights, taillights, etc.....strip down, match the paint color, new stainless hardware....4 grand.

    By pure accident I found this truck paint shop not 8 miles from my house.
  • Find a paint shop that specializes in painting MH's as they are the true experts.
  • MountainAir05 wrote:
    for it to last , I think you will find that you have to sand and re-spray the base coat two or three time with a 15 minute time between coats and then the same for the clear coat. The Clear coat melts into the base and as stated it has a time limit to do this. You can spray the clear but it will not last long.
    Wrong! Never sand base coat unless it is waterborne. You can spray clear over the base several hours after as long as you keep it clean.
  • I would think most of the cost will be removing and. Prepping it for the new material. $3000 sounds on the low side to me.
  • 10 to 15 thousand would be a complete new paint job. There are companies offer just a new clear coat and I believe the last time I talked to someone about this it was around $3000.
  • for it to last , I think you will find that you have to sand and re-spray the base coat two or three time with a 15 minute time between coats and then the same for the clear coat. The Clear coat melts into the base and as stated it has a time limit to do this. You can spray the clear but it will not last long.
  • Average seems to be 10 to 15 thousand to respray a large rv.
  • The problem that caused it to peel needs to first be fixed.....the clear coat on my car had to be sprayed on 20 minutes after new paint to make the bond. If not done correctly it will peel again.