Our top was fuzzy and thrashed too. Lotsa mold... and in pretty rough
shape. In fact, I bought the bus without seeing the top, and if I had... I
probably would not have bought the bus! The mold was unbelievable!

Since we live on the Oregon coast, and cars just don't get washed here....
as well as being able to tie kayaks to the top without to much stress... we
have decided to paint the top with a bedliner product that rolls on and has
a great texture. It rains here (a total understatement) so the additional
sealing of the bolts and around the seals is appreciated as well. Also, we
don't have to atomize it into the air since it is rolled. It's a two part
system, so it's still toxic as all hell.... but a good respirator and
gloves should do the job if we aren't throwing it into the air. It is also
sprayable.. if you have an undercoating gun.

The neat part is it doesn't require all the prep! After 3 days sanding our
top with a DA, I realized that a new gelcoat was going to be necessary or
10 coats of primer!

It cost about $50 per kit, and we purchased 2 since it's bigger than a bed
of a pickup.

I'll post pics after it's done. We're just waiting for the rain to stop to
lay it on!

Namaste,

River Clan

87 GL Westy
67 Singlecab
96 850 Turbo

At 06:51 AM 8/23/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>My 82 diesel pop top has no finish the top is "fuzzy" was thinking of using
>fiberglass primer and paint for boats. anyone else have this problem?
>Frank
>Trenton nj
>82 diesel camper
>98 cabrio
>69 Ghia convt