Tom, A trip to an automotive supplier would be better than the hardware store !
Remove all of the old paint. Get a GRP filler at act as the undercoat and to smooth the surface. Some are black and may be good enough as the finish with sanding and a polish. Use an auto polyurethane or acrylic aerosol paint for the top coat with very very thin coats. On 09/04/2011, at 16:34 , Tom Wilksch wrote: > Hi Everyone > > I am currently in the process of painting the instrument panel for my > simulator. The panel was built from glass fibre, and I (prehaps unwisely) > followed the advice of the local Bunnings paint guy as to what paint to use > to get a matt black finish. Unfortunately, the surface of the paint has > started to form little cracks all over it, and needless to say, I'm not very > happy with the final look. > > Can anyone offer any advice on what sort of primer and paint combo would be > best to spray direct onto glass fibre? Preferably something available at the > hardware store. Bunnings has a pretty large range so I'm sure there is > something there, I was probably just given the wrong advice. I also suspect > some of it was my own doing in that in my enthisiasm, I probably put on too > much paint per coat. > > Any advice would be much appreciated! > > Thanks > > Tom Wilksch > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
