HOW TO Caravan plastic cracks part 2 

Ohhh this sounds a great tip. Will have to try. Thanks 👍

Thanks Andy

Great 👍

Thanks Steve

Thanks David

Thanks 👍

It's not 100% perfect and if it was a newer caravan I wouldn't have attempted, but on older cans it's worth having a go.

@@thecaravanplace ha ha Mark that’s a brilliant reply our caravan is a 1998 so your a big help 😁

Thanks William

Glad it was helpful! 👍

@@thecaravanplace Many thanks again. I have ten hairline cracks to fix as I can't afford the £9000 it will cost me to replace both front and back ABS panels on our Elddis xplore 304 ( I have already forked out for the full 10yr warranty & full servicing and taken huge care of the caravan - but Elddis's does not seem to want to honour their side of the bargain). The caravan is stuck together with tape at the moment.

Thanks Marc, great advice.

I'm good at giving half the info lol. 40 grit is very rough and a 1000 grit is more like a finish very smooth paper. Normally start with about 250 400 800 then 1000-2000 to finish off.

Instead of 40s use 80s it will leave shallower scratches in the filler and surrounding area, finish with 240s then prime finally 800s wet or dry before painting, it's also a good idea to key the area beyond the repair with a grey scotch pad, wipe area with a panel cleaner to remove wax etc. To finish let paint dry overnight and polish with G3 liguid paste this will shine the paint and remove any dry edges.

Thanks Tony

No floor as yet sorry

Should do, the fiberglass filler will give lots of strength. www.amazon.co.uk/Davids-ISOPON-Glass-Fibre-Repair/dp/B0148WFX16/ref=asc_df_B0148WFX16/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=208026936151&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13127807976097066197&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006562&hvtargid=pla-712949187745&psc=1 That link should take you to the fiberglass filler then you can use the other filler to finish.

Hi Karl, I've not sorry. Try it and let me know how they go. If they need doing u can always sand blast them back off and try again. 👍

@@thecaravanplace Thanks for replying. mine are badly tarnished and let down inside of our fridge so going to try a refurbishment chrome paints are available

Hull white should be the original colour, but if you remove the side locker door and take to your local car paint shop, they will mix to your locker door which should be a better match.

Google will give u most caravan colour codes. But to be perfect, remove a side locker door and take tona local car paint supplies. They should be able to scan it and mix the correct colour

@@thecaravanplace what a good idea. Thanks.

They do caravan paint on ebay and you can select the make

Ebay or amazon 👍

Normally it's gelcoat with the spoder cracks, you can get a gelcoat filler and then paint, but they do tend to come bk unless really ground out.

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/402402757760?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=vCUOVO6VTdy&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=gsaSJsTxTaa&var=672470332925&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

This guy should be able to tell u from the caravan you have

Brilliant job Mark, looks like brand new.

They do a few different plastic fillers and all very much the same. The plastic primer was from Halford if I remember

@@thecaravanplace Thanks a lot mate 👍

I used a mixed pre mixed spray paint from ebay. Hull white. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154069870401?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=vCUOVO6VTdy&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=gsaSJsTxTaa&var=454199158307&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

We had the colour mixed by a car paint shop. but you can get from ebay, search caravan spray paint

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154069870401?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=vCUOVO6VTdy&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=gsaSJsTxTaa&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

This was Hull white, same as swift.

If it's plastic then yes. 👍

Fill and paint, so car body filler, then flat and paint.

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154069870401?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=vCUOVO6VTdy&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=q4j8KhFBSCu&var=454199158307&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

They do all the different caravan colours on ebay.

@@thecaravanplace how I can identify CODE PAINT ? Bailey Orion 460-s 2013 year ?

Cheers Don