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I know this is an AUTO detailing forum, and I hope no one gets upset if I show off a boat that I detailed Monday.
I haven`t done too many boats, and the ones that I have cleaned up were rather clean to begin with. This Sylvan hadn`t been cleaned in about three years. Every year the owners took it out of the water and stored it dirty... The following season they`d put it back in the water - without so much as washing it...
Here`s one of the before pictures...
And here`s an "after" picture...
(Can someone advise me how to keep from making the pictures so big?)
Nice job! What do you use on the vinyl?
Thanks Boss... I cleaned the vinyl with a product called "Super Green" (like Simple Green, only made by a local chemical distributor and bought in bulk 5 gallon containers). Anyhow Diluted SG with water, sprayed it on, and attacked it with a scrub brush. Then used a bucket of water and rag to rinse it off. Dressed with Pro-Time Vinyl Protector High Gloss (from National Detail Systems)...
By the way, the steps I took on the exterior were the following:
1. washed with Dawn.
2. cleaned with Duragloss 541 Marine & RV cleaner with midew buster (basically a sodium hydrchlorite cleaner)
3. gem orbital polished stained area with (ready for this:) "No. 7 White Polishing Compound". Remember this stuff? Definitly not for use on clearcoats/gelcoats.
4. gem orbital polished entire exterior fiberglass with Duragloss 501 Marine & RV polish.
5. Hand applied Collinite 845 Liquid Insulator Wax
More pics of before and after, and the finished project can be seen here: http://onthespotnc.tripod.com/onthes...ling/id13.html
What kind of pad did you use to buff the gelcoat?
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What kind of pad did you use to buff the gelcoat?
Didn`t use a buffer. Used my Gem Orbital Polisher with a terry-cloth bonnet. This, in combination with that "no.7 white polishing compound", created just enough abrasion to cut through the stains without scratching the gelcoat.
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