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Re: Need Fiberglass Hardtop Help

To: <Speedo79@aol.com>, "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Need Fiberglass Hardtop Help
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 10:40:53 -0800
FWIW, my SnugTop (as far as I can tell after 30+ years of weather) is 
semi-gloss black on the outside and gloss white on the inside.

Speedo79@aol.com had this to say:

>Listers,
>
>I recently obtained a Snug Top Fiberglass Hardtop for my 1977 MGB.  The 
>black 
>paint is in poor condition and it has various epoxy patches on the light 
>colored inside.  The windows are in good condition but it is missing all of 
>the weather seals.  I am ordering new weather seals through JC Whitney, 
>and I 
>am wondering what preparations I should make to the top.  
>I would like to sand the top lightly and spray on some primer and paint.  
>Can 
>you recommend any specific techniques I should use to get my new hard top 
>back in order?  I know I need to be careful when sanding fiberglass and 
>use a 
>mask; are there any other precautions I should take?  Any recommendations on 
>products I should use?  Should the outside be gloss, semigloss, flat? What 
>color should the inside be?  The car is maroon-damask red.
>
>Thanks for all your help,
>Steve Sanchez
>1977 MGB
>


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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.


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