Faded Gel coat !

[Scottart]

Has anyone had success at restoring gel coats ? I'm hoping to restore my rear fibre-glass wings ( 1987 Supersprint ) - the red finish is now getting to look chalky / dull / lifeless after all these years ! 

Tried various polishes,scratch removers, but not that effective.

Cheers

Stephen

[DJ.]

I think you will only get a long lasting improvement by having them sprayed.

I recently damaged a wing and was impressed by how reasonable they are from Caterham, It was only £138 including vat, so that could be another option. I don't know how well they would match your colour red and if they fit an '87 car though.

[DougBaker]

Polishing old faded gel coat on boats is a pretty standard process which usually works well.

Though power tools are generally involved so might not be possible with the wings still attached to the Seven.

[Scottart]

Thanks Guys.

I've ordered some gel coat restoring stuff from a boat chandlers.

The wings are off the car, so it's worth a try. If not, then I'll investigate buying replacements from CC, or elsewhere ( if colour  matches rest of car ). Or respray.

[Jonathan Kay]

Or wrap?

Jonathan

[PeterM]

 My recent experience of getting a pre-sprayed rear wing from CC is that it won't match.  If the restorer doesn't work (which it should) I would recommend a respray at a local spray shop that can match the fade and blend the wing to the rest of the car. 

[Scottart]

Thanks everyone !