Grob gelcoat

[Gary Emerson]

Greetings,

Historically, older German gelcoat has failed pretty spectacularly going
from a dry climate to a hot/humid gulf coast environment.

On the other hand, Grob gelcoats seem to hold up much better in general.
Many late 70's 102's still look pretty good.

Does anyone have any experience with a "dry to wet" climate change with
an older Grob (last 4-5 years)? I'm hoping that the Grob gelcoat is
much more immune to climate changes.

Thanks,

Gary

[fred]

On Dec 18, 3:18 pm, Gary Emerson > wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Historically, older German gelcoat has failed pretty spectacularly going
> from a dry climate to a hot/humid gulf coast environment.
>
> On the other hand, Grob gelcoats seem to hold up much better in general.
> Many late 70's 102's still look pretty good.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with a "dry to wet" climate change with
> an older Grob (last 4-5 years)? I'm hoping that the Grob gelcoat is
> much more immune to climate changes.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gary

In '75, I bought a new 1-35 unpainted. I filled the wings and then
covered them with light weight ceconite.(glued down) then painted it
with Polyurethene. 30 years later it still looks like glass. I set a
Calif distance record in it. It has been in the weather the whole
time. My Grob and My DG505 has been painted with polyurethane. it is
beautiful. Fred