Seeking Exterior Restoration Help

[rludtke]

Here is an attempt to illustrate what I think I want. The first is the Comp side view with a scaled down wave and a simplified stripe in a medium gray. The "B" variation has a solid wave.

The C version has an even smaller solid wave.

I am begining to think I prefer the C version.

Whadyall think?

[rludtke]

Let me see if I can find a decent pic of the stripe I put on mine to give you an idea- but I agree that it may 'hide' a little too much for your color scheme..In this shot you can see how it changes with light&angles of how it is veiwed- it also makes the overlay 'skull' stripe I put on disappear.

I think I see several stripes, can you point me to the stripe you are referring too?

Is the Supra script a metalflake? That looks cool.

[rludtke]

So I wet sanded both sides of the boat with 600 grit, then again with 1000 grit. Then I rubbed/buffed with a polish, and then with a glaze.

Now, a week later, I can see the oxidation return. It isn't as bad as before, but quite obvious. My hunch is that I didn't sand it all away. This is frustrating.

Perhaps I should have started sanded with 200 paper? it looks like I will have to start over. I don't have time to re-do before I leave with the boat on my camping trip this weekend, it will have to wait until I return the following week.

I would appreciate any advice on what to do next.

[Blackntan90]

I think I went on the Mquires website- lots of info about what products to use. I would look at what I got for my oxyjob- but I am 3000miles away! I know that they number everything, depending on how bad the oxidation is. And yes, that is metalflake in the Supra decal- I saw it at my dealer- I think he just gave them to me...the stripe I am talking about looks almost silver in the pic because of the flash from the camera- but any light source will make it change from black to kinda silver because of the reflective properties of the stripe.

[rludtke]

So I wet sanded both sides of the boat with 600 grit, then again with 1000 grit. Then I rubbed/buffed with a polish, and then with a glaze.

Now, a week later, I can see the oxidation return. It isn't as bad as before, but quite obvious. My hunch is that I didn't sand it all away. This is frustrating.

Perhaps I should have started sanded with 200 paper? it looks like I will have to start over. I don't have time to re-do before I leave with the boat on my camping trip this weekend, it will have to wait until I return the following week.

I would appreciate any advice on what to do next.

It turns out the oxidation I thought I was seeing was actually a build up of the glaze or polish on the boat - maybe both. I had rubbed the finish to what looked like a mirror polish, but days later a haze appeared all over the boat that looked a lot like the original oxidation. What a pain! I rebuffed both sides tonight to get the luster to return again. I don't know what to expect tomarrow, maybe the haze will return. I clearly don't have the patience for this kind of detail work. I may need to hire this out to someone who knows what they are doing...

[wotan2525]

That's really strange that the finish is "gassing out." What did you use for wax?

[chrisk]

Yeah I was going to say you probably need to finish it with a wax to prevent the water from messing with the other compounds you used

[rludtke]

Thats interesting. I used the Maquires glaze thinking it was equivelant to wax. I did not wax... ...yet.

[wotan2525]

I think this is the problem. Maguires glaze is intended to be used on car paint (which has a clear coat over it.) You used it on fiberglass which has a gel-coat on it.

I'd give it a thorough washing with dawn and then hit it with some 3m cleaner wax and hope it seals it up. Good luck!