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| When I bought my boat three years ago, the gel coat was pretty well shot. The previous owner kept the boat outside and uncovered. The surface does not look horrible but has a slight milky haze over the entire thing. I have tried several different boat cleaners and waxes with little success. Armor all protectant seemed to give me about the best result. I think I need something that will give it a wet look but many products seem to soak in quickly.
Can anyone suggest a product that they know from experience really excels in this application?
Edited by Musky Madman 4/16/2010 6:40 AM
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| 303 Aerospace.. go to their website, they have a restoration procedure for their product. Never done it myself but heard it works. |
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| You are going to have to wet sand the oxidation off. The procedure is on Bass boat Cental in the restoration area. |
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Location: Kodiak, AK | ChadG beat me to it. If you're not able to clean/polish it with normal cleaners and waxes by hand, you're going to need a compound and a wheel, or if it's bad enough, wet sanding. There's no easy fix for bad oxidation. It's not a matter of applying a product and having it soak in (that's why ArmorAll looks like it does a good job, is because it is temporarily soaking in and giving you a wet look, but it doesn't do anything to remove oxidation), you've got to chemically and mechanically remove the oxidation from the boat. |
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Location: Minnesota: where it's tough to be a sportsfan! | My son drug one of those home as a project a year ago. We used a sears electric buffer & Flitz. It worked great and did not take too long. Comercial buffers are too high speed and you can get a hot apot in the gel coat if you don't keep it moving. The buffer worked so well I went and bought a smaller one too. Flitz is a great product made for cleaning metal. But it did the job on oxidation. |
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| i just did this on a Ranger for a friend...buff with wizards turbo cut then wax. no need for a fancy buffer just an orbital polisher/waxer will work. Use a lmbs wool bonnet. |
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| ive posted many times on here about this........i used to work in a body shop in the paint dept. and an awesome product for such case is 3M "perfect-it 3" compound (comes in a white bottle) and finish that with 3Ms glaze. no wet sanding that should take care of the oxidation. little on the spendy side and you have to go to an automotive store (they might have to special order it) but it works
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