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Originally Posted by silverback  We have friends whose trailer went to a dealer (who shall remain unnamed) for a clear-coat repair. The repair (re application?) did not take. Even after a couple of tries. The dealer offered to paint it instead and our friends agreed. It looks great. And you can't tell it is painted until you get pretty close. |
Painting an Airstream with the clearcoat is rather tricky.
The aluminum, prior to painting, must be "chemically clean."
Once it's properly cleaned, the paint must be applied within about 2 hours. If not, the clear paint will bead up like mad, since the bare aluminum will oxidize ever so slightly, that fast. That creates a huge problem.
Andy