to paint or not to paint

[TheUnixKid]

Our Sumo is pretty much finished and we've sent off for the SVA test. We had planned to have it painted immediately after the SVA, however I've heard that it's best to let the body settle before painting it, by driving it for a few months in gel coat. We're also not too keen on having it freshly painted in preparation for below freezing winter temperatures. I was just wondering what your opinions about painting it were? Has any waited then painted it?

Thanks,

John

[Purple AK]

John.
If your painter is switched on to fibreglass he will bake it as part of the process so settlement shouldn't come into it. However you might want to make some changes once it has been on the road for a while, So an unpainted body might be an advantage.

[john cohen]

:thumb: Hi kid I left my sumo for a good year befor painting it . I was told if i drive around for a time in SUNSHINE!!?? it would help the body to settle better.
John.:drive:

[craggle]

I left my Dax for about a year in the grey gelcoat.

I had to enlarge the side pipe holes in the body as they touched under acceleration and I decided to move the fuel filler cap from the top of the rear deck into the top of the wing.

I was glad I left it a while before painting!

Craig.

[TheUnixKid]

thanks for you comments, I think we'll leave it for a while then. John where is this sunshine you speak of? :rotfl:

[john cohen]

:boohoo: You will have to wait for next summer now methinks.

[TheUnixKid]

it's looking like it, all I can see is rain, rain and more rain.

[Clive]

Originally Posted by john cohen

:boohoo: You will have to wait for next summer now methinks.

But when will the next summer be?