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Grit_dog
Oct 20, 2022Navigator
unbob wrote:Tom/Barb wrote:Sustained several "puncture wounds" due to flying debris from a nearby tornado. Two windows broken also. And blew away my solar panels on the roof. Otherwise no apparent structural damage. But interestingly, insurance company totaled it and I did a buy-back.
Why does it require a repair?
I haven’t been around BF campers but believe the fiberglass w gel coat construction similar to boat construction and repairs.
Gel is totally different to work with than autobody repair. And in many ways easier.
For the holes, you will want to fill them back up with likely autobody filler bondo.
Then prep the repair by grinding back down about 1/8” max with sharp edges (not feathered)
Fill the areas back up flush of slightly above flush with thick gel coat (like with a putty knife or bondo spreader). Cure the gel cost and sand back to flush, cut and polish. (Read up on how to cure the gel)
The repair will be seamless.
For color match, you can get a small universal gel repair kit that comes with white gel and mixing colors to tint it. That part may be trial and error but you can experiment on a piece of cardboard first until you get a close match if needed.
FWIW, I’d do gel repairs all day long vs paint repairs.
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