So, I have been a pretty solid DIY'er, and after buying an older boat to replace the wife's family boat, I figured I would look to doll the thing up. Nothing special, just a 98 Maxum 18 foot open bow. Sadly, as you will no doubt imagine, it's red....and oxidized.
I will take pictures just to show what an absolute noob can/will do with a boat, and have totally stalked this site for the last week or 2 in preparation for it.
Here's what I've got. I have a decent air compressor system at the lake in my garage, and, since I couldn't find much info for or against air compressor tools, I took a shot. I bought a Coleman Powermate Orbital Sander. I also bought Mequiars #105, #205, some 3M Super Duty, and some
Meguiars Marine wax.
As you'll eventually see if/when I post pics, the oxidation is bad. I've read a few posts, and see that wet sanding might be a good option. No one really discusses HOW to wetsand, and while I assume it's similar to the wetsanding I've done before on plastic (i.e. by hand) I wasn't able to really get any confirmation. So, that said, I figured I'd start with the orbital and some 3M and just, well, figure it out. Honestly, if I failed miserably, the boat couldn't look much worse.
I can tell there are some wizards here. That said, I'm much more about figuring stuff out by DOING, and there we go.
Here's my question (jesus, get to it) --- why hasn't anyone mentioned air powered here? Give me the ups/downs.
Also, feedback on my plan:
1. Power wash
2. 3M Super - with Edge wool pads
3.
Meguiars 105
4.
Meguiars 205 - foam pad system
5. Marine was - foam pad system
Just going to work with the directions from the foam pad system....I bought all this stuff (save the orbital) from AutoGeek...
Thoughts/suggestions/comments/abuse???
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