Coating issue, What is going on?
Keystone 31MB 2021. Not a painted surface. Round area with thin edges appear to have flaking, can't see flaking unless you get very close. The area missing the coating seems to be slightly darker lik...
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quite often there would be a paint/gelcoat surface sealant applied at the dealer and have to be upkept every couple years to keep the paint warranty. it could be that coating starting to wear out. it is not a ceramic coating but it is something like that. it is a keystone sprinter so defiantly won't have paint, but rather gelcoat.
Thanks for the info. I wish I could show y'all a picture of it. I can't even find anything like it online, other than chalky gel coat or clear coat on cars, neither of those are what I'm seeing. It's a light film that "looks like" a thin layer of clear coat flaking. I now know it's not but it flakes like it. There does not seem to have any damage to the wall itself. Where the coating has come off it is a darker color than the area not effected. I found some gel coat at Montana Paints but it only comes in white. I'm more concerned about stopping it from growing then looks but being where it is I would like to have a close match. Again stopping it is more important.
how long has it been doing this? I have an issue with a section of mine where faint circles form kind of like what you are describing but then after a while they pop off. so I get little tiny circles of missing gel coat. as far as I can tell it is from moisture in the manufacturing process. if yours are not going to that stage then probably something different causing it. mind you it could still be moisture just not to the degree mine is. is it localized to one area or all over?
did you try take a picture showing it with your phone? if so you can upload that to this thread, right now we are all pretty much guessing
does it look like this (I found these pictures on the net)
The peeling looks a lot like that. I just added a picture somewhere on here
so that peeling is what happens when you use zep floor polish and it decides its time is done and starts breaking down. one reason I would never use it.
so if that is what you got going on some one decided to cheep out and use zep to hide the chalking instead of using a proper cut polish to remove it and then protect the surface.
I’m going to presume you bought this recently/ used and have no history on the camper.
It could be clear coat (You know what that is specifically, correct?) or what I suggested earlier.
it is NOT gelcoat and too much explain but this is not the solution.
Guessing someone bought a Covid camper, parked it in the sun and didn’t take care of it for a few years and had it sprayed with some _____ to shine it up rather than polish it up properly.
Now ____is peeling. You cannot stop any lack of adhesion between surface coats of anything. Period. Whats peeling will either stop or continue. Nothing you can do.
If you want to try to make the peeled area more presentable, try some Zep floor polish. Wipe it on the peeled area.
But you can’t stop further peeling and you can’t sand or scrape or polish off the rest of it.Thanks, you are correct, I did buy it used and no further contact with previous owner. I am going to purchase Zep floor polish as you stated and just try to learn to deal with it. Other than that one spot it looks good. My wife heard the previous owner say he applied a ceramic coating.
I thank you all for the time to help!
I’d try it. If you can’t or won’t polish it out.
That said, aside from super high use or miles, the Sun ruins more campers than anything. And most people (just look around at people’s cars houses campers boats etc) have no idea it’s an issue until too late.
Just sold a 19 year old wakeboard boat to someone who had just sold their newer one. They wanted this brand I had because “it lasted so much longer than ours. Ours was all faded, interior fell apart etc”.
Then after they bought it and asked me how waterproof the cover was because they store it outside next to their house, I assured them that their new old shiny boat would also look like sht and be destroyed in a few years as well if they chose to keep abusing it by storing it out in the weather.
And even those that do know are sometimes not motivated enough or unable to take care of them properly and the result is the same.
