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    30 ft Mariah Oxidation Removal

    I was contacted by a gentleman who had just purchased this boat and was in the process of turning it back into the beautiful vessel that it once was. The history I got from it was that it was purchased new by his brother in law in 1997. He later moved to New Mexico to be closer to his kids, and he took the boat with him. Once there, he realized there were no bodies of water large enough to launch it, so it sat in the desert for 5 years decaying before my client purchased it. I made a consultation visit to get a better idea of what we were dealing with, and we decided to remove the old graphics first, compound/polish/seal, then apply a new graphics kit. Somewhere down the line, the new kit was applied before I done my thing with it, but everything turned out to be fine. It did have some battle scars and imperfections, but this boat is a work in progress and I have no doubt that the owner will soon have her looking better than new. Anyway, here was my small part in this project.






    I used Marine31 Heavy Cut Oxidation Cleaner with wool cutting pads, followed by Marine31 Final Step Polish with a wool finishing pad, and topped it off with their Gel Coat Carnuba Wax + Sealant via Griots polisher and white B&S pads.




    The letter ghosting was pretty bad, but it came out pretty nice. The owner wasn`t concerned with this too much because a new name is going back on it soon.















    Total time on this beauty was 20 hours. Thanks for looking

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    Re: 30 ft Mariah Oxidation Removal

    Beautiful job !!!!

    Make me ashamed for complaining about doing a Tahoe, suburban or king ranch.

    Bring it down here and we can test it`s sea worthiness.
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    Re: 30 ft Mariah Oxidation Removal

    Great turn around. Really came out nice. I know the owner was happy

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    Re: 30 ft Mariah Oxidation Removal

    Holy crap that looks amazing (and it looks like a lot of work!)

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    Re: 30 ft Mariah Oxidation Removal

    Awesome!!! I bet your arms felt that!

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    Re: 30 ft Mariah Oxidation Removal

    Wow...great work !!!! That`s a lot of boat ...
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    Re: 30 ft Mariah Oxidation Removal

    Thank you guys. My arms and back definitely felt it, and so did my legs after so much up & down on the ladder. Well worth a little soreness to see the owner so happy.

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    Re: 30 ft Mariah Oxidation Removal

    Looks great!

    Look at those pipes =0 must be pretty loud on the water

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    Re: 30 ft Mariah Oxidation Removal

    Nice work I really don`t care to work on boats / gel coats never seem to get the results I want
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    Re: 30 ft Mariah Oxidation Removal

    From severely neglected to a shining jewel! Really awesome dedicated work on your part. Mariah was one of the top dogs in its day and you have restored its former glory. Well done, the amount of work involved was indeed staggering.

    Maybe you can do the tow vehicle next? It`s got to be a serious truck to tote that load around.

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    Re: 30 ft Mariah Oxidation Removal

    I took 2 Advil after just looking at that! Holy cow dude, that was a beast!

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    Re: 30 ft Mariah Oxidation Removal

    very nice. I did a 20 footer a couple of months back and had to talk myself out of regretting it half way through. 30 foot, though, that`s some work.

    well done


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    Re: 30 ft Mariah Oxidation Removal

    Thank you guys very much. The tow vehicle may very well be I`m the future. Its a really nice 3/4 ton Dodge diesel.

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    Yeah buddy!
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    Re: 30 ft Mariah Oxidation Removal

    you never really know what hard work is until you take on detailing a large neglected boat. that`s a true labor of love. good call with the Marine 31 Gel Coat Carnauba Wax + Sealant

 

 
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