Refinishing a fiberglass waterslide

[NickinTX]

Hello. The paint on the sides of our waterslide (exposed to heavy sun levels) is flaking, so I need to find someone who can refinish the slide. Does anyone have experience refinishing a fiberglass waterslide? The first two pictures show the sun-damaged area, while the last picture shows the areas which are in the shade. Thanks!

Nick

 

[sktn77a]

You can just get some fiberglass resin/catalyst and paint it yourself.

 

[DJFaninTN]

if you're not comfortable doing it yourself then you might check with a local body shop or someone who does auto body repair on the side.

 

[YippeeSkippy]

I know we've had a few folks here refinish theirs. One I recall was badly damaged and looked brand new when done. Check out some of these old TFP posts about the topic and maybe you'll find something useful-

Google search results

www.troublefreepool.com

Maddie

 

[NickinTX]

In case someone reads this in the future, I ended up hiring a company that refinishes slides for commercial water parks. I talked to a few boat service companies (i.e. gel coat), but I felt much more comfortable hiring a company which only works on slides. Note, the quotes were all over the place, so make sure you contact multiple companies for bids. I also spoke with a few references to make sure other customers were happy with the quality.

 

[YippeeSkippy]

Can you share how much it cost? How's it look?

 

[NickinTX]

The slide is 36" wide and just a tad over 100' long, and the quotes ranged from $7k to $15k. The lower prices did not include disassembly (i.e prep and paint in place), while the $15k quote included full disassembly, paint and reassembly. The slide looks great. I'll take some pictures so you can see the difference. We haven't tried the slide yet, so I'll reserve judgment until the kids give me their thoughts

 

[NickinTX]

It took the crew about a week to complete the project.

 

[NickinTX]

Here are a couple pictures of the finished...finish

 

[YippeeSkippy]

Looks marvelous! Thanks for the pics.