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When I bought my LAE in '94, I got the "no paint" option. I choose red GelCoat. I had a choice of about 60 colors.

I had to sand off the mold seams and take a little "orange peel" off. Then I buffed it with compound.

After that I waxed it and took it to shows and drove it for seven years. I always had to explain that it was not painted, at shows.
I did have a good "depth" in the waxed finish.

I kept it waxed for ordinary driving and shows, oxidation was never a problem.

LAE used to offer the stripes laid in in GelCoat when the body was made. You could not feel the seam between the body and the stripe.

I have a good friend with a '34 Mercecdes replica with red and black GelCoat. He has taken "Best Paint" trophies at least ten times in the past six years. He only waxes his, with Maguires.