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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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.
So, it is the opposite of what I was thinking. That circle spot is what the wall is supposed to look like and the rest of the wall is chalking. I feel silly, but glad it's not a possible delamination issue. I'll get a detail and post an update. I want to thank y'all for the patience and help.
