Skin

[kyle4501]

prob is with clear coat or paint.

when it gets boogered up it looks like crap.

Same is true for anodized Alum. Especially if the wrong stuff is put on it! (But that's true for everything)

With all those rivets, ain't nothing after market gona easily beat the factory job. Pat built a frame for his 4501 so the skin isn't structural. Pat used adhesive to apply the polished SS skins in such a way that you see no exposed fasteners. Very slick job.

As far as using ss for the skin, you need to consult the galvanic corrosion chart to determine how much of a problem you are looking into creating. It wouldn't be a good thing if the structure became the sacrificial anode.

[Chaz]

It wouldn't be a good thing if the structure became the sacrificial anode.

OH, so true!!!!!!

Have a friend here locally that you'd swear his 4905 was fresh out of the factory, the skin looks so good.  Get up close and you can see why - it's been painted!  He took the fuel door off, cleaned it up real thoroughly, took it into an automotive paint supplier, and they matched it perfectly.  So that's another option - and a less expensive one, too!!

  That's interesting!! I have buddies that have a gun that "shoots" a pic of your paint and then matches it. I hadn't thought of that. But, I would still like to get away from paint and polishing. But then, I would also like allot of things!!

How about the crack of dawn? LOL

Nope, but that's where I wake up........... oh, oh, wait a minute, nope, thats Linda. LOLOLOLOL 

 

Pat built a frame for his 4501 so the skin isn't structural. Pat used adhesive to apply the polished SS skins in such a way that you see no exposed fasteners. Very slick job.

Man, that would be slick!!!!

   Like you said, havin fun,
       Chaz

[Rich (Prevost)]

Theres nothing like the look of the polished stainless on a coach. There are (20+) sitting in front of me on any given day. When you set them side by side with a non polished coach the difference is remarkable. The "curb appeal" & resale value go up as well. many times friends have told me that there coach sold itself just on it's exterior pictures because of the polish.

Polishing a GMC is a whole nother ball game........The anodizing is the tuff nut to crack. One day I tried for 1/2 hour to polish through anodizing. No Way. Then i got (800) grit sand paper - no way.... Then 400 grit - no way. Then 200 grit & cut right through it.

Aluminum is MUCH easier to polish than stainless. But the anodizing is a tough coating................Aluminum does not hold it's finish, E.G. - Ramco Mirrors. But will polish back to bright pretty easily.

Rich