Boat Polishing

[vcs]

Originally Posted by ct9amr

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.

Woody Wax works great it is manufactured in Jupiter Fl just 2 blocks from my work. It works great on non skid surfaces as well and fish blood will rinse off with water

[strick]

The best stuff I have ever used for oxidized gel coat is Awlgrip

strick

[Caymanboy]

Originally Posted by strick

The best stuff I have ever used for oxidized gel coat is Awlgrip

strick

X2, You Betcha!!!! Ha Ha Ha!

[ct9amr]

Originally Posted by strick

The best stuff I have ever used for oxidized gel coat is Awlgrip

strick

Definitely!

I did that on my 20ft shamrock and she came out great.
The Contender is not at that stage yet but it will be in a few years as I am not really in love with the dark green.

[WildBill]

Back in the early 90's before Andrew came to Homestead I wanted to paint my '79 Sceptre with Awlgrip. A buddy of mine talked me into trying this proccess first. Wet sand the hull with 400 grit then 600 grit (I wet sanded by spraying the boat with a hose and used a electric makita palm sander " I'm a unionized trained electrician 30 years+" ha,ha crazy huh I know, with just enough D%$b A#@ to boot). Then I bought a commercial grade buffer and used a 3M rubbing compound and 3M yellow bee's wax. It took one evening after work each night to complete each step. When I finished the proccess, the gelcoat looked brand new. I did have the minor dings and scratches left but the Sea Craft yellow hull looked like a million bucks. It looked like a mirror and you could clearly see your reflection . Everyone commented on the quality of the original gelcoat and could'nt believe the results and how they were achieved. The finish was still fine a few years later until the new owner painted her red. Caution; the buffing wheel will make a man out of you, so today 20 year's later I would recommend to take her down the street to the fella's and have them run the buffer for a couple hundred buck's. So try a small spot and see what you can do with your particular finish, that's how I got started and just kept going. You'll know within few minutes of work how she''ll turn out . You could tell the wife you saved a pile of money and now can afford to buy that top of line 12"Lowrance combo unit.

Wild Bill

[DonV]

"You could tell the wife you saved a pile of money and now can afford to buy that top of line 12"Lowrance combo unit."

Heck, tell her you're gonna buy it anyway....TS...like it or not!!!! Don't worry, it's only going to hurt for a little while, the bruise will go away sooner or later.

[ct9amr]

I ended up following up this job with Collinite and the boat turned out great. Used the 870 formula.

http://www.collinite.com/
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