X-Koted Red Boat

salty · 12-08-07, 01:49

This should probably in the click and brag section. This boat had to be descumed with acid first. Then polished, to bring back some shine and then prepped for the X-Kote treatment. You can see where the tarp covers the gelcoat.

I use X-Kote to stop the fade and then make it easier to maintain these boats.

skylineawd · 12-08-07, 02:03

Wow, that looks awesome.

porta · 12-08-07, 02:35

X-kote looks pretty interesting. I also saw that gardgroup bought X-kote.

salty · 12-08-07, 03:04

[quote=porta]X-kote looks pretty interesting. I also saw that gardgroup bought X-kote.[/QUOTE

Bought into or the US division, i do believe.

For it's purpose, it works really well.

greggara · 12-08-07, 06:36

Man that came out nice. Was the trailer also done?

salty · 12-08-07, 11:03

No the trailer was not done. I did polish the wheel wells and was going to X-Kote them but thought there would be a lot of foot traffic on them.

Ya the red really comes out nice. The customer was very pleased.

.VorteX. · 12-09-07, 04:58

Great job...

salty · 12-09-07, 05:01

BTW this boat was not waxed or sealed as it is going into storage until spring.

RTexasF · 12-09-07, 01:37

Just added $2000 to the worth of that rig! Very Nice.

salty · 12-11-07, 04:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by RTexasF

Just added $2000 to the worth of that rig! Very Nice.

I heard he was actually thinking of selling the boat, because of the before condition. He tried doing the work himself and didn't see much improvement. Would have been a shame as it is a very nice boat.

thestingrayboys · 02-09-08, 08:06

Salty, the boat looks amazing! If you don't mind me asking, what's your product preference for polishing boats (cleaner, compund, wax, etc)? Also, when you say you applied the acid in prepping the boat, are you referring to a fallout remover type of acid? or more of an aluminum brightener for the hardware on the boat?

Really curious, thanks for any tips.

salty · 02-10-08, 12:19

Basically for the oxidation removal i used Starbrite gelcoat oxidation remover, not exactly sure that is the name, with a small orbital, changing terry bonnets often. Some hand work with same product. For such jobs i like to use an orbital with terry bonnets because as they become saturated with product and oxidation you just have to flip it or change to a new one. It removed a lot of the oxidation but the X-Kote did the rest.

The acid was used to remove the freshwater scum below the water line.