YJ Hardtop painting

95Jeep85 · Jul 7, 2013

Does anyone know if you can sand and epoxy a rough fiberglass hardtop so that it will be smooth and will be shiny when painted?

skipnrocks · Jul 7, 2013

I had mine done on my previous jeep it looked awesome! I paint shop did it for me.

95Jeep85 · Jul 7, 2013

Do you know how they did it or what they used. I thought about bondo but I'm afraid it might crack when the tops taken off

June dog · Jul 8, 2013

I would try to use 180 grit and a d/a. Use a good high build primer and flat block it . You may need to prime and block a couple times to get it smooth. May even need to use 80 grit to smooth the texture before priming

95Jeep85 · Jul 8, 2013

Do you have to put any type of epoxy on it? Or can you spray the primer straight onto the sanded fiberglass?

June dog · Jul 8, 2013

Use bull dog or another adhesion promoter and you should be fine

skipnrocks · Jul 9, 2013

I believe he orbital sanded it and then blocked it and then might have done a thin coat of epoxy then paint. Not a hundred percent sure but the result was slick!