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question on paint/finish on spare tire tub? with pictures!!
just finished repairing the spare tire tub for my car. basically had to rebuild the entire lip for the tub, as it was missing or broken. thus, i am probably gonna be forced to paint it since the new glass work doesn't match the original black Fiberglas. the lid portion is perfect, and i will just clear coat it to protect it.
does anyone have a suggestion for making the new fiberglas look close to the original??? thanks, Rick
The proper thing to have done would have been to dye the resen the blackish grayish of the tub. Now I'm not sure what you can do beside paint. Hopefully DUB will see this
Two choices I see. First, you could check with West Marine and get some resin dye in dark gray or black, and apply a very thin, brushed out coat of resin over the area and lightly sand with fine paper when cured, just enough to remove any nibs, heavy brush stokes, etc. Then apply a light coat of SEM semi-gloss clear over it. But it's still not going to match the lid finish where the white fiberglass strands are exposed in the surface.
Or just dust it as is with a couple very light coat of Krylon Industrial semi-gloss lacquer and be done with it. It might not pass NCRS standards but to most people it will look fine.
I agree - good job on the repair. It's tough repairing fiberglass to look like it's original state.
Last edited by DansYellow66; 09-23-2017 at 07:34 AM.
Its a PITA. The front lip on my, original, one year only 63 tire tub was munged from @holes with floor jacks trying to find the differential mount to jack up the whole rear.
Not as an extensive repair as you have. I made it look OK (not perfect) with some mixed up white and gray paint as a base and then recreating some of the natural glass threads with an artists brush. You'll find that those threads are not really white - more of a bone or cream color. Regular white will look too glaring and artificial
Its a PITA. The front lip on my, original, one year only 63 tire tub was munged from @holes with floor jacks trying to find the differential mount to jack up the whole rear.
Not as an extensive repair as you have. I made it look OK (not perfect) with some mixed up white and gray paint as a base and then recreating some of the natural glass threads with an artists brush. You'll find that those threads are not really white - more of a bone or cream color. Regular white will look too glaring and artificial
That actually gives me a thought on repairing the hole in my floorpan in the inboard corner of the driver's side jack storage puka. I've been holding off, because I don't want it to show, but I want to try to leave the underbody fiberglass natural and unpainted.
Its one of those things where you have to be wise in when to stop screwing with it. Adding some 'random' light streaks to the tub can get you carried away and make it look artificial and contrived. You have to back off every few strokes, reappraise things, then decide to continue or stop.
Wasn't my favorite Corvette job, but I wanted to keep the original 63 tub...
Last edited by Frankie the Fink; 09-24-2017 at 07:20 AM.
just finished repairing the spare tire tub for my car. basically had to rebuild the entire lip for the tub, as it was missing or broken. thus, i am probably gonna be forced to paint it since the new glass work doesn't match the original black Fiberglas. the lid portion is perfect, and i will just clear coat it to protect it.
does anyone have a suggestion for making the new fiberglas look close to the original??? thanks, Rick
I had to do the same repair on mine. I just dusted it with a little SEM Landau Black.
09-22-2017, 06:18 PM
question on paint/finish on spare tire tub? with pictures!!
