Why *do* people paint their coaches? Is it for optics, or is there a
technical reason (protection whatever) to invest in painting?

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Peer Oliver Schmidt
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'76a Eleganza II, VA

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Another approach. Went from a 50 footer to a 15 footer.

FWIW, here's a 26 year old paint job... http://www.habcycles.com/GMC16.jpg



It's still looking pretty good, and now that it's stored inside a climate-controlled warehouse, I suspect it'll continue to stay nice for a lot of years.

As nearly as I can tell from the receipts I can read, our coach was repainted in Mexico about 20 years ago. I don't know what the paint was, but it is harder than Imron. It is way harder than Awlgrip. It is flatter than Kansas. I tried polishing it with hand compound on a wheel. (For you that don't know, this is a big Bozo No-No. Hand compound should cut so fast that using it on a power wheel could eat through the metal - let alone the paint.)

Nothing. I can bring it up a little at a time by wet sanding with 400, The panel below the driver's window took all day and it has pretty much gone flat again.

It looks pretty good when it is wet. I thought about putting some of the stuff for terrazo floors on it. I friend used it on his old boat, and it looks pretty good until the UV gets to it.

I would love to get her a 10K paint job, but we have a budget for the coach that is less than I had in mind years ago. If my retirement plans had not been raided, I might have done something, but as it is, the cost of a paint job would put us off line for four maybe five years. Thanks BHO, I will try to remember all you have done for me.

Matt

Matt Colie wrote on Tue, 31 March 2015 19:19

As nearly as I can tell from the receipts I can read, our coach was repainted in Mexico about 20 years ago. I don't know what the paint was, but it is harder than Imron. It is way harder than Awlgrip. It is flatter than Kansas. I tried polishing it with hand compound on a wheel. (For you that don't know, this is a big Bozo No-No. Hand compound should cut so fast that using it on a power wheel could eat through the metal - let alone the paint.)

Nothing. I can bring it up a little at a time by wet sanding with 400, The panel below the driver's window took all day and it has pretty much gone flat again.

It looks pretty good when it is wet. I thought about putting some of the stuff for terrazo floors on it. I friend used it on his old boat, and it looks pretty good until the UV gets to it.

I would love to get her a 10K paint job, but we have a budget for the coach that is less than I had in mind years ago. If my retirement plans had not been raided, I might have done something, but as it is, the cost of a paint job would put us off line for four maybe five years. Thanks BHO, I will try to remember all you have done for me.

Matt

It was probably some paint that has been illegal here for years. I know a new paint job is almost impossible to swallow. I wonder if just a clear coat would work for you.