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1988wellcraft21 · 04-27-08, 06:27

Moutee, your results are impeccable!! Unfortunately, I'm at the point of no return on trying new products. I'm going to do the best with what I have (a couple different rubbing compounds, some polish, flitz metal polish, and Klasse AIO), and focus on my technique with the rotary buffer.

I did my deck today (all white), and the results were EXCELLENT. White is clearly much easier to shine up than red. I was blown away. Afterward, I just stood there and stared at my work, mystified. Can you tell I was happy??

Unfortunately, the red just won't get there. I've pretty much accepted it. That said, I'm going to continue with the careful wetsanding and compounding of the rest of the red, and make sure I cover everything with the Klasse for protection. I will then follow up routinely with a good polish and paste wax over the summer.

In addition, I was so blown away by the white today, I'm going to step up my efforts on the rest of the white (the area just above the rubrail all around the boat is white). I'm going to attempt to remove the pinstriping (gotta track down one of those rubber wheels), and then go at it as I did the deck. If I can get that white shining that nicely all around, my boat will be a head-turner! I will be sure to post completion pics!

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1988wellcraft21 Registered User 1988wellcraft21 is offline Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 7	Re: Struggling with my gelcoat, looking for advice!! Moutee, your results are impeccable!! Unfortunately, I'm at the point of no return on trying new products. I'm going to do the best with what I have (a couple different rubbing compounds, some polish, flitz metal polish, and Klasse AIO), and focus on my technique with the rotary buffer. I did my deck today (all white), and the results were EXCELLENT. White is clearly much easier to shine up than red. I was blown away. Afterward, I just stood there and stared at my work, mystified. Can you tell I was happy?? Unfortunately, the red just won't get there. I've pretty much accepted it. That said, I'm going to continue with the careful wetsanding and compounding of the rest of the red, and make sure I cover everything with the Klasse for protection. I will then follow up routinely with a good polish and paste wax over the summer. In addition, I was so blown away by the white today, I'm going to step up my efforts on the rest of the white (the area just above the rubrail all around the boat is white). I'm going to attempt to remove the pinstriping (gotta track down one of those rubber wheels), and then go at it as I did the deck. If I can get that white shining that nicely all around, my boat will be a head-turner! I will be sure to post completion pics!