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General Boards => Technical Support => Topic started by: Larry Fritz on June 18, 2010, 04:44:35 PM

Title: Clear Coat vs Gel Coat
Post by: Larry Fritz on June 18, 2010, 04:44:35 PM

My Owners manual for our 98 Patriot says coaches were painted one of two ways:
1. Durable polyurethane paint and acrylic urethane clear coat.
2. Some coaches finished with polished gel-coat.

I assume mine is #1 but how do I find out for sure?

Title: Re: Clear Coat vs Gel Coat
Post by: Richard And Babs Ames on June 18, 2010, 05:38:01 PM

Fiberglass Panels are finished with a gel coat and then when they are painted (full body paint) the paint is clear coated as the final step.

Title: Re: Clear Coat vs Gel Coat
Post by: LarryNCarolynShirk on June 18, 2010, 11:48:24 PM

The white roof is gel coat, no paint.

Larry

Title: Re: Clear Coat vs Gel Coat
Post by: Gerald Farris on June 19, 2010, 02:37:05 AM

A coach that is finished with a polished gel-coat will be white with decals applied to it for a color accent. I think that this was done on some of the early Monterey's, but all of the 98 Patriots had full body paint.

If you look at almost any trailer or most entry level gas motorhomes, you will see the polished gel-coat with decals as it cost a lot less to produce.

Gerald