Painting - painting a fiberglass door

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janaada
11-25-07, 07:19 PM
I am having trouble with a spot approx. 6" along the oval in the middle of my fiberglass door it's not accepting my paint! any ideas?

bclacquer
11-26-07, 04:42 AM
when you say along your oval you mean next to glass, right? sometimes that is not fiberglass, but a rubberized coating. you will need to prime that. but here is the kicker, sometimes you can't and what works once may not work again. I usually head for UMA made by XIM, it sticks to many hard to paint plastics.
marksr
11-26-07, 04:58 AM
If this is a new door - did you sand or clean off any foreign substance on the door or moulding?

btw - welcome to the forums!

janaada
11-26-07, 05:49 AM
when you say along your oval you mean next to glass, right? sometimes that is not fiberglass, but a rubberized coating. you will need to prime that. but here is the kicker, sometimes you can't and what works once may not work again. I usually head for UMA made by XIM, it sticks to many hard to paint plastics.

thanks i'll give it a try
janaada
11-26-07, 05:55 AM
If this is a new door - did you sand or clean off any foreign substance on the door or moulding?

btw - welcome to the forums!

Thanks for the reply , I cleaned,but didn't sand,It's a spot the size of maybe a pencil just next to the trim of the glazing,it's accually on the door, I'll try sanding it. The rest of the door took paint fine,it just that one spot.
marksr
11-26-07, 04:59 PM
It is some type of contamiment which will either need to be removed or sealed with a primer. Hopefully sanding will do the trick for you :)