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Boat Polishing
Well the contender I bought a few years ago had some oxidation so I figured I would DIY the job and same some cash.
I bought the shurehold system complete with their compound last year. It definitely works well and it was a lot of work but it brought the dark gel coat back to life. http://shurhold.com/dual-action-poli...FbNk7AodLmGtKg Fast forward to 2012 and I am back to oxidized gelcoat again and in doing a little research I tried the product below. This 3m stuff worked much better and I used less of it. It cut through the oxidation and it took me about 1/2 as long to apply and remove it. Just passing this along to anyone who is in the same boat. A coat of wax will follow to see if I can get it protected even longer between polishing.
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Glen 1996 23ft Contender 08 Yamaha 250 HPDI 1965 13ft Cacci craft skiff with 20 Hp tohatsu 4 stroke 1992 20ft Shamrock Predator (Hard Top) 351 FWC PCM Repower SOLD First boat: 1988 17Ft Shamrock Open 3.0 Mercruiser RWC 140hp Traded |
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Hey Glen, use the Colinite 920/925 pre wax/wax. Not cheap and it's a two step process but it's very good! TA Mahoneys has it.
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Anything not to have to repeat this process yearly.
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Glen 1996 23ft Contender 08 Yamaha 250 HPDI 1965 13ft Cacci craft skiff with 20 Hp tohatsu 4 stroke 1992 20ft Shamrock Predator (Hard Top) 351 FWC PCM Repower SOLD First boat: 1988 17Ft Shamrock Open 3.0 Mercruiser RWC 140hp Traded |
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I love that 3M Imperial! Cant say enough about it. I did my boat first then on to my painted alum box trailer. Both look AMAZING after buffing down with that stuff. My 1972 hull was heavily oxidized before a couple of applications with the buffer wheel. The picture is after 3-4 passes then a couple applications of Poly glow. You can actually SEE a reflection now!
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POLY-GLOW works well for me
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Ultima Paint Guard Plus is the shit. Wipe on and walk away. And it works well
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Wax
After the Collininites prewax/wax, go over it with a coat of Collinites Insulator wax. Wax a 23 CC insite and out in less than 4 hours this past weekend, including the t-top.
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Here is a bad cell phone picture of the work.
Anyone have any products to use on the aluminum T Top for pitting. I have read about Woodys wax.
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Glen 1996 23ft Contender 08 Yamaha 250 HPDI 1965 13ft Cacci craft skiff with 20 Hp tohatsu 4 stroke 1992 20ft Shamrock Predator (Hard Top) 351 FWC PCM Repower SOLD First boat: 1988 17Ft Shamrock Open 3.0 Mercruiser RWC 140hp Traded |
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I'd like to find somtjing also my t top fairly new. It the leaning post is older and need a. Eter shine |
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