I have decided that my is going to get a facelift this spring. I have done lots of research on the variuos products out there and it seems that most of the information leans towards the positive aspects. I have decided to use newglass2 because I like its loooks, the ease of application and low maintenance. I am a little leary of basing my decision on all this one sided infromation. I compared products like polyglass and buff magic etc... I would like to hear the good, the bad and the ugly from the experts on what you use and why you chose what you did to maintain and beautify your hulls.
3m heavy oxidation and scratch compound with wax followed by Collinite wax and macquires crystal finishing cream.
I tried poly glow and it did the job for 1 year but yellowed the white and was difficult to take off. Waxing takes less than 1 day and is easily maintained.
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Is that a once a year job? What type of tool do you use to polish with or is it done by hand? I assume you do the deck as well as the hull but what about in the cockpit?
It lasts 5 months and I do it by hand with micro fiber cloths and the finishing cream with microfiber cloth on my 10$ on sale buffer from walmart. I use the 3m heavy oxidation and scratch compound with wax twice during our 5 month season. I do the entire boat including inside the fuel lockers, the decks everything.
This is what she looks like in October.
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I use newglass2 on the black gelcoat around the windows. Does a nice job. Needs annual touch-up. Goes on quick and easy. I use collinite liquid fleetwax for the hull. Very easy to apply and the wonderful shine lasts all season.
Very nice - any chance you could stop by and demo your technique for me?
Harry van der Meer wrote:I use newglass2 on the black gelcoat around the windows. Does a nice job. Needs annual touch-up. Goes on quick and easy. I use collinite liquid fleetwax for the hull. Very easy to apply and the wonderful shine lasts all season.
I,d like to clarify my hull beautification process, while I'm doing it.
1. I wash the boat with 3m boat cleaner
2. I deoxidize and remove all the small scratches and crud with 3m compound
3. I apply the Macquires 2nd step glaze
4. I apply the Collinite wax
You will see my equipment on the small step ladder. I have a small stepping stool I use to sit on when doing the lower part of the hull.
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Hey, I think you missed one important item on your list. It shows up on the bottom step: the glass of wine! A favourite beverage close-by is an important part of maintaining ship's moral when doing these tasks
Yes , Yesterday was Sunday so it was wine. Today is Monday so its beer.
Still have to wax. This is what the port side of Le Zephyr looks like after washing, 3m compound and macquires glaze...just waxing left. That's my 7 year old black stripes folks.
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Well I decided to purchase buff magic and pro polish. Before I used these products I wet sanded the entire boat with 1200 grit and then 2000 grit. I then used buff magic and pro polish. It was a ton of work and I'm not entirely satisfied with the results. I still can see scratches from the wet sanding in the black stripe and in the hull. I have a beautiful shine but as mentioned, there are numerous scratches that are quite visible. Very dissapointing because I spent 2 1/2 days on this. I'm aching! I did wash numerous times and between each step. I saw a video on Utube from boattest.com which showed buff magic taking out much deeper scratches than my 2000 wet sand left so I'm not sure what's up. Did I use too coarse a grit for a final wet sand? I'll post some pics tomorrow.
I also sanded the black rubber stripe under the rub rail which now looks much worse. Any ideas how to fix that up?
My scratches go away after I use 3m rubbing compound. I only wet sand the obvious scratches. If after doing the complete job, I find a spot I am not happy with , I clean with alcohol and start the process over again but just for the offending scratch. Important note don't do it in the sun. The buffing , glazing and waxing only works well in the shade, If you have to work in the sun adapt your method , meaning do smaller patches at a time.
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Québec 1 wrote:I,d like to clarify my hull beautification process, while I'm doing it.
1. I wash the boat with 3m boat cleaner
2. I deoxidize and remove all the small scratches and crud with 3m compound
3. I apply the Macquires 2nd step glaze
4. I apply the Collinite wax
You will see my equipment on the small step ladder. I have a small stepping stool I use to sit on when doing the lower part of the hull.
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Did you spell Macquires correctly? I could not find the product online.
is going to get a facelift this spring. I have done lots of research on the variuos products out there and it seems that most of the information leans towards the positive aspects. I have decided to use newglass2 because I like its loooks, the ease of application and low maintenance. I am a little leary of basing my decision on all this one sided infromation. I compared products like polyglass and buff magic etc... I would like to hear the good, the bad and the ugly from the experts on what you use and why you chose what you did to maintain and beautify your hulls. 
A favourite beverage close-by is an important part of maintaining ship's moral when doing these tasks 
