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Originally Posted by Mikewade
I've paid extra for a (cream) coloured gel coat for the following reasons:
1. It will look good 'from the off'
2. I'm using a cream primer (although I haven't looked at it yet), so stone chips should not be so apparent
3. And this is the best bit - I shouldn't have to paint the inside of the bonnet and boot lid.
Well that's the theory anyway. I'm planning on doing a build thread at some stage - so watch out for it! (Nubodi fitting the panels, and I'm going to attempt the prep and paint).
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Good point about the inside of the bonnet and boot lid MikeW, you'd expect them to be the same colour as the outside on a production car.
You've also got a good point about the stone chips not showing through.
As for the cream primer, do check with your paint supplier to see if the primer needs a coat of etch primer on the fibreglass surface first for it to bond to. I used Jawel paint and their advice was to always start with etch primer on fibreglass to ensure proper adhesion of the high-build primer and top coat.
Good luck with your build, really looking forward to seeing an example in cream (Old English White?), a nice period colour.