jtanabodee 0 Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 (edited) Hi, I've got '92 Lotus Esprit Turbo SE. I found some area of paint has hairline cracks. Inside my right door has a big colour chip fall off somewhere before I got the car. I afraid that the area will progress so I put a yellow sticker to hold it. I wonder which is the right method to cure these hairline cracks and the colour defect. I am not ready to have the whole car or major parts of the car repainted yet. I have googled and found that I need to sand it down make a V groove and fill up with gelcoat. Some say that the paint should be mixed in Gelcoat. Some said just paint it after Gelcoat. Some said just paint over the crack. Kind of confused. What do you recomend for the repair? Edited October 28, 2020 by jtanabodee Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwat 449 Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 Suggest you read this, it'll tell you all you need to know about fibreglass repair. Quote Cheers, John W http://jonwatkins.co.uk Link to post Share on other sites
jtanabodee 0 Posted October 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 I think the crack is just on the paint not the fiberglass crack. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwat 449 Posted October 29, 2020 Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 2 hours ago, jtanabodee said: I think the crack is just on the paint not the fiberglass crack. I wonder what would cause just the paint to crack on it's own? Those are gel coat cracks, probably caused by something hitting the door. Quote Cheers, John W http://jonwatkins.co.uk Link to post Share on other sites
jtanabodee 0 Posted October 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 Yes, the paint can crack since fiberglass is more flexible than metal body but the colour cannot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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