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Beemerboy
03-18-2015, 11:32 AM
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Couple of years back I was surfing Craigslist in the free section, something that I do everyday. I saw this camper shell that would fit my bang around town Ford Ranger.

It had been sitting on bricks in this guys backyard for over a decade..It was pretty rough but I could see it was going to be good once I had my way with it.

I took all the windows out, handles (which had locks with two keys) cleaned up and started with a rotary buffer, wool pad using Presta High temp ultra cut, then various Poorboys SSR 2.5 and 1, EXP and Nattys.. I resealed the widows, new screws, painted the handles, new screens. The air vents on the side I did after it was back on the truck, I removed them, painted black and used rubber tubing cut on one side as an insulator to keep water out. The camper came back about 90% it still has some areas that are damaged but it was free for my time and labor.

Ronkh
03-18-2015, 04:50 PM
nice work

how much came off on your pads?

Beemerboy
03-19-2015, 11:58 AM
nice work

how much came off on your pads?

The first pass was very heavy as expected but once it was clean, not that much. Thanks Ron

tropicsteve
03-19-2015, 09:42 PM
was that regular paint or a gel coat? turned out great.

Beemerboy
03-20-2015, 10:42 AM
was that regular paint or a gel coat? turned out great.

Gel coat and very. very oxidized.