> > > Mine was ordered factory gel coated (whatever that means) Flame red to match
> > > my truck.
> > Paint won't fade anywhere near as fast as fiberglass
> > gelcoat.
> Do you mean that they're shipped without being painted? The "color match"
> is the fiberglass itself?
That is what colored gelcoat is, yep. And although the attraction of "no
scratches possible" is nice, the fading is difficult to behold if you pay a
lot of bucks for whatever it is you've got gelcoated.
> installed, which I had painted and clearcoated. Am I going to be susceptible
> to fading
Yeah, but a painted surface will not fade anywhere near as quickly as a
colored gelcoat.
Ron
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Jun 20 2003 - 12:08:49 EDT