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I am just about to buy a 1982 Esterel folding caravan. The roof was repainted by the current owner a while back, but the paint is starting to crack and flake here and there. She used a UVPC paint. How should I go about re-painting it, any suggestions? Should I rub it down competely, or just lightly, with sandpaper... or what? And what kind of paint should I use to repaint it... is Dulux Weathershield undercoat + gloss a good option? I noticed on another noticeboard that someone had used it to paint a fibreglass boat hull. Does anyone have any experience of re-painting a fibreglass caravan?

Also inside the caravan the walls are covered in a sort of plastificised wallpaper - it's pretty grimy and dull - grimy and greasy probably from cooking inside 'van. What should I clean it with, and can I repaint it using ordinary emulsion, to brighten it up?

Apart from that it is a GREAT and weird little caravan, my first. Any odd tips about the Esterel gratefully received.

Rina