Paint off fiberglass when removing decals

[Oldiebut goodie]

Looks like gold paint to me, certainly isn't the texture of fibreglass.

[QuickBrownFox]

Hello. So I've checked it out today and the white paint is definitely proud of the yellow underneath. I can scrape bits of the white off with my nail but it feels like a normal paint (not sure how gel coat would feel)

I cant scrape the yellow at all (I'm sure I could with a knife but that would only leave a mark) it feels like plastic with a slight roughness/patterned feel to it.

It doesn't feel like an undercoat so my guess would be smooth fibreglass? Or whatever they make hight tops out of.

Any advice for a method of repair?



Thanks in advance

[Oldiebut goodie]

Not fibreglass, risking repeating myself!

[QuickBrownFox]

Hi, what are high tops made of? And if it isn't the base material what is it? It's not paint, it's plastic to touch. I'm stumped. Also any advice to rectify

I won't reference fibreglass again. Promise

Thanks

[Oldiebut goodie]

Gel coat is hard to the touch with a fingernail. That isn't a normal fibreglass finish.
Looks more like rollered metallic paint to me. You can see where the paint hasn't got into the corners which supports roller painting view.

[QuickBrownFox]

OK thanks. So I could touch it up potentially as a patch up job. Sand the area, blend the area painting it?

[Oldiebut goodie]

It will take a lot of careful sanding to feather all the edges of the white so that it is unnoticeable after re-painting the white.

[QuickBrownFox]

What about sanding the entire high top and repainting? 

[Oldiebut goodie]

Even harder than just feathering all the edges of the white, whatever you do will take a lot of effort if you want it to look reasonable.