Brightening interior grp?

[steve yates]

Looking at the difference in grp where my chart table bracket was, its obvious that it has aged a lot.

Is there a way to bring it back and make it look clean and fresh again? Can you compound and polish plain white like coloured paint?

 

[chris-s]

Our previous boat had a moulding grp interior and a light cut and polish made a big improvement as did touching up all the little dings.

 

[Tranona]

Yes, cut it back and polish. You might get away with just T Cut or similar, but of course you need to do the whole panel to get it to blend with the lighter part.

 

[Obi]

Light coloured bilge paint ?

 

[Poignard]

How about whatever people clean plastic baths with?

 

[Stemar]

That brings back memories of the time I decided to clean a mark on the kitchen ceiling. I ended up scrubbing the whole damn thing and it took me all day!

 

[Concerto]

Steve, you will probably find my presentation of gel coat renovation worth seeing. It explains how to sand/compund the gel coat back to white. The cause of the problem is Westerly used a Ryland gel coat that was not UV stable. Luckily they applied a double brushed coat which means you will have 2 to 3mm of thickness and you only need to remove about 0.2mm to make it white again.

https://wiki.westerly-owners.co.uk/images/8/86/Gel_coat_renovation_19May2020.pdf

 

[johnalison]

Well worth doing, though it will take time to do it well and evenly, and it will give the interior another 40yrs life.

 

[Poignard]

Take the advice of a MAB owner and line the cabin with tongue and groove boarding or, if you can afford it, fielded walnut panelling.

Finish it with a mixture of black varnish and pipe dottle.

 

[steveeasy]

As stated above T Cut or a compound polish can bring it back almost as new.

Steveeasy