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I don't ask for help on here much, but I need it in this case. The first picture is the inside of some fiberglass doors. Second picture is the outside along with the third picture. Fourth picture is the inside. I need the outside to look like the inside. They've been stained and sanded multiple times with gel coat on the outside. I'm afraid they've been sanded too much to the point where the texture has been smooth down. But I can't tell if it's that or just too much gel coat. How should I handle this?

My first thought is stripping down the outside back to the bear fiberglass. And then simply painting not gel coating. However I'm not sure that that will look the same. My second thought is stripping them down and putting a new gel coat on them along with UV resistant polyurethane finish. Because the doors do catch about 6 hours of Sun a day. Again any thoughts out there?

I have a confession. - I'm not the best painter in the world. I'm a professional only because I say I am and try to act that way.
Here's why:
1. I don't know everything about painting.
2. I learn from every job almost. Sometimes I hire help, and find them doing something some way that's way better than how I was doing it.
3. I don't make a ton of money on every job. Sometimes I barely break even. Sometimes I don't.
4. I make tremendous messes. A set of whites last me a couple jobs at best before they are barely white.
5. Half the things I tell people is just my educated guess. Including the prices.
6. If I can get away with less than 2 full coats of finish, then that's what goes on.
7. I've painted alot of stuff without priming it.
8. My schedule is about as predictable as the weather. Just a few days out.

I can tell you this though, I've learned my craft enough to know what I don't know and how to get things done when I'm not sure how to do it. I have never left a job incomplete, yet started many of them without a clue as to what to do.

Come tomorrow morning, or lunch since I've been working nights, I'll get up, put my shoes on and give it my best shot. It's the most I can do and if it isn't good enough then that's just how it will be.

Too many people are afraid of what they cannot do. Knowing what u cannot do and making that work for you is how you become a professional.

Love me some lot Striping. Wish it paid more but the lines never end...

One of Graco Contractor Equipment - North America finest invention/products in my opinion anyway. Simple, complex, easy. Tough combination to get.

Door and some teak benches we sanded & restained.. Used Cabots semi solid oil stain with a cpl coats of spar varnish on the door. Turned out nice.