Jayco Seneca paint problems

Question

Our 2005 Jayco Seneca has thousands of tiny cracks about 1/4" long in the painted areas of the fiberglass. The steel areas like the cab and storage compartment doors as well as the untainted gel coat areas are not affected. The darker colors are most affected. It has never been sealed but it has been waxed.

Does anyone else have any experience with this? We are considering having the entire coach clear coated to hopefully minimize future cracks. Is this a good idea? We are also considering having the darker areas "wrapped" with 3M vehicle wrap which costs less than repaint.

Any ideas greatly appreciated. Is it worth trying to get help from Jayco on a unit that is 8 years old?

imgoin4it · Answer

What you have is caused by a problem most RV manufacturers had with the fiberglass f from their supplier. The individual fibers raise and come to the surface. It can raise the paint off the surface. There is no permanent fix. Can repaint but will come back especially on the dark surfaces. I and many others have had the sides of our RV replaced with new and different material that is not supposed to do this
.It is called etching or checking depending on which manufacturer you talk to.

woodglue · Answer

If the cracks aren't hurting the structural integrity, I'd just let it go.  As far as any recourse from Jayco, I don't think they have any liability or anything that they could do.WoodGlue

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