Great new ERA road test video

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Originally Posted by crASH

Here's a question for those of you who built yours with glas bodies that were originally in gel coat. If you block sand the seams, can you buff them out and still have a gel coat finish where the seams were, or is the gel coat too thin to have anything left after removing the seams?

Yeah you can do that to some extent. However, a lot of builders have dressed their molds up so that the body is a little low around the seams to allow room for a thin coat of filler to even them out. Also, the gel coat takes a bit of a beating in normal handling and trial assembly. A couple manufacturers even advertise a gel coat finish suitable for blocking and polishing. B&B use to do so I know. I saw someone else the other day advertising it. The gel coat is going to be thick enough in most cases to do a little sanding and polishing. But as soon as I've said that someone will pop up with a car that had very thin gelcoat.

I saw this video the other day and had to admit that is a great way to enjoy a car. I've got so much time and effort in preparing and painting mine that the first scratch or paint chip is going to kill me.