Inside of fibreglass roof and outside
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Hi all
On with rebuilding Barney’s roof and the inside is very grubby. I see that some have painted the inside, but what have other people done? Have thought of insulating the roof, but not sure what is the best material and what is the best way of fixing to fibreglass?
Does it matter what paint I use on Fibreglass?
Whet colour should the outside of the roof be, White or Limestone?
All info gratefully received.
Cheers Mick
Hi Mick,
I was told by a German fan of Dormobiles that the roofs were originally unpainted to let the sunlight glow translucently through them. You are supposed to be able to polish Gelcoat to a shine without painting it, but mine was too far eroded to do that.
As you know, mine was painted inside and out and I removed the paint from the exterior because it was falling off. It would have been lots of work to get it off the rough inside, so I painted over the old paint. I used a terpentine-based interior synthetic lacquer, something close to limestone.
Mine was obviously out in the open for a long time without paint. The color of the exterior surface is more sand than limestone (tending to be less yellow and more pink), but mine is damaged so the color might not be right: it’s crazed with cracks and looks porous. I painted it (with urethane) to protect it. I prefer the limestone color but I could only buy cans of white urethane. I used white so that I wouldn’t have to go get new paint mixed each time I needed to patch over a spot. It really shows the dirt! I was told by my paint store person that dirt wouldn’t stick to it as much if I had used 2-part polyurethane instead. That is what I’m using to paint the vehicle, now (marine blue). Also with a roller and brush.
-Jeremy
Hi Jeremy
I have a few repairs to do to the gelcoat. On one corner it looks like it has been hot and the gelcoat has bubbled??? Will have to sand this down and apply some topcoat. the opposite corner has worn through where it rubs on the rear corner of the roof. The rest of the roof is good, but I am going to remove the fibreglass over the hinges and add new fibreglass over the hinges and along the strengthener.
The hardest job is going to be making enough space in the garage to get the roof in out of the rain and cold.
Never thought about light coming through the roof. It is a good point and I wonder if I could clean the roof instead. Is bleach safe to use on fibreglass? Suppose Google will have the answer?
Mick
Hi
What I can confirm is that my roof is definitely white outside, not limestone whatsoever. It does not appear to be painted either, no other than may be some industrial well applied/sprayed paint at Martin Walter factory stage.
On the first 2 pics, the new plexiglass roof window provided by Mr Jones has been fitted
Kind regards
Marc
hi all
these roofs were not painted from new but if you did want to paint it you would need to etch prime the fibre glass first
hope this helps dave glanfieldHi Marc
Great to see your truck, especially as it’s the first picture I have seen with the Roofrack fitted. Hope your happy with it? Good to see you are putting to good use.
Hopefully we will see you and your truck in France next year.
Cheers Mick
@Jabbawocky wrote:
Hi Marc
Great to see your truck, especially as it’s the first picture I have seen with the Roofrack fitted. Hope your happy with it? Good to see you are putting to good use.
Hopefully we will see you and your truck in France next year.
Cheers Mick
With a little of delay here is a photo of mine, and I am there very happy
michel.j
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