Thanks for the info and tips. For the pads, does that mean since I have 3 colors on my boat, I should have a foam & wool pad for each color?
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Thanks for the info and tips. For the pads, does that mean since I have 3 colors on my boat, I should have a foam & wool pad for each color?
I used a compound this weekend called Buff Magic professional grade, took the 3 steps of 3M down to just 1, the waxed afterwords I will get pics as soon as the sun comes out.
You're being funny, "As soon as the sun comes out." :oQuote:
Originally Posted by cjtpilot
Isn't that the truth, I swear sometimes I think we live in Seattle with all this rain and cold cloudy weather.
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Originally Posted by Jetlink
No just wash them. If your really going to get into detailing take the step and invest in a Cyclone orbital. Best money I spent on equipment.
The black and decker polisher or the cyclo dual head?
http://www.cyclotoolmakers.com/polishers.php
Sorry, Cylco not Cyclone.
I just couldn't do it anymore. The starboard side of my boat faded quickly because it sat on a lift year round and that side had almost daylong direct exposure to the sun. Buffing that red gelcoat every spring was making me hate the boat. In late 2003, I dumped the buffer, broke down, and had the big red stripe painted. I had a local sign shop reproduce my factory vinyl graphics. Since then, I can only recall handwaxing it once. My normal routine is to pull it out of storage in spring and take it straight to the coin-op spray wand carwash. I wash the boat with the soap brush, spray it off, and spray it with their imitation hot wax and that's it for exterior maintenance for the year.
This is what it looks like 11.5 years later.
Starboard side, still gets bad sun, but only when its on the lift for half the year. I keep it in storage for the off-season. It also a bit dinged up because I always put the starboard side of the boat against a dock. As you can tell, I do need to buff the white, and the little red stripes, but I can deal with doing that every couple years. It was that big faded red stripe that was the eyesore.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...psj33gt67t.jpg
Portside looks near perfect. The little black dots you may see are live mosquitoes just hanging out on the hull. I had just uncovered it and they were all over the cover too.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...psf5vnopoj.jpg
Add aprons to your cover and you won't have that problem. Costs me $200 extra
At the age of these boats most need to be wet sanded. Its very easy to do but takes LOTS of arm strokes which most of you guys are already good at! Clean first, then 3 diff sanding grits and soapy water. Thats it! One good waxing after that and its brand new again.Attachment 15829Attachment 15830Attachment 15831