I talked to a mechanic at an ex-Airstream dealer in the DFW area, and the
clear coat problem has been severe in the last several years. According to
him, airstream has changed the supplier for the clear coat, and the newer
supplier has really messed up the formula, even changed it a bunch of times
in the last few years. He also indicated that airstream was not honoring
warranty work on the equipment that has clear coat problems. It may be just
sour grapes, but it seems there is some truth.
George
New '88 29' Excella owner

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> From: Lermillard@aol.com
> To: airstream@airstream.net
> Subject: Re: [a/s] Clear Coat problem
> Date: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 8:40 AM
>
> In a message dated 3/29/99 7:28:53 PM Central Standard Time,
> ericdrew@zoom1.telepath.com writes:
>
> << I'm surprised that a 1997 model would be experiencing
> clear coat problems. >>
> We found a '95 34-foot that had already been re-coated twice!.
>
> The Millards