Hardtop blues

[Britishautobody]

Had a hardtop for the last car I restored for a client a 1967 MGB convertible sitting around the shop. It had what looked to be really bad spider cracks that mimicked old laquer cracking . After sanding into the paint and beyond I discovered they were into the Gel coat. The only way to remove these is to sand off the cracking Gel coat and recoat with gel coat. This is a very big job to remove . So beware if you are looking to buy a hardtop that seems to have surface cracking it may go way beyond the paint into the gel coat etc. A rule of thumb for glass is the more cracks the more expensive it will be to properly repair the part.

Cheers!

 

[DrEntropy]

Oh yeah. Any "spider-webbing" or cracking evidence on "frozen snot" panels can be assumed to go right down to the parent material. Been the owner of these plastic sleds for forty years now... done more than my share of 'glass work. Mine and others.

There are no shortcuts. *sigh* :wink:


...wouldn't wanna just sell it the way it IS, would ya?

 

[apbos]

Yep Doc & Tony walked me through this a year ago BCF A year later no cracks, wish the B/E was done so I could use it.

Paul