I need to know what to use to clean crud off my hull.

[DCKD]

alright, been at boat for awhile, and seems to get better, but still has a whitish look. The boats green, and when using stuff, my apllicator pad turns green, let stuff sit-up, then wipe, still whitish. Think it has serious sun cancer. From what DCKD mentions, leaning on using the Maguires, rather than "hull cleaner'. Was goin right now, for "Starbrite", but dont think its "crud" on it. What you guys think?

If your applicator is turring green it is because the dried gel coat is coming off...it turns kinda powdery which cause that whitish/cloudy look. The oxidization remover and polish will take off the layer of damaged gel coat. One you have done that give it a coat or two of the paste wax....the stuff goes on thick and lasts. The pervious owner probably never did anything to maining the look of this boat. It will look great...all you have to do once that is done is keep giving it regular coats of wax to make sure no more damage is caused. Trust me...once you do this it will look great.

Matt

 

[DCKD]

I found the Star Brite stuff at Academy. I got the hull cleaner stuff snipe was talking about and some Star Brite polish with PTFE in it. It said it was to recondition gelcoats. Plus it made it very slick. Should I wax it now? I also bought some vynal restorer for the seats, rubber and plastic. Turned out great. I have some scratches on the bottom. Some I can see Fiberglass through. About 1/2" side and 1' long. Will I need to fix these? About how much will it be to fix?

Definately wax it. It was a lack of wax that probably caused this problem in the first place. To keep it looking new you should apply a coat of wax on a fairly regular basis...it protects the gel coat from the elements and keeps it looking shiny!

 

[timmyboy76]

If your applicator is turring green it is because the dried gel coat is coming off...it turns kinda powdery which cause that whitish/cloudy look. The oxidization remover and polish will take off the layer of damaged gel coat. One you have done that give it a coat or two of the paste wax....the stuff goes on thick and lasts. The pervious owner probably never did anything to maining the look of this boat. It will look great...all you have to do once that is done is keep giving it regular coats of wax to make sure no more damage is caused. Trust me...once you do this it will look great.

Matt

Matt da Man...:cheers:, boat looks WAY better than before, i'll postbefore/after shots, (regular p.c., took a dump, cant figre this laptop out), but rolled West Marine, got the Maguires (heavy) oxidation and polish...mofo, darn white crap wiped away. So darn stoked, looked at it with a flashlight, last night..lol.
Thanks again, Matt......Slowboat'n, didnt mean to "tax" ur thread..:cheers:

 

[slowboatn]

No timmyboy76, it's cool. Do I need to use a boat wax or will any auto wax do?

 

[DCKD]

No timmyboy76, it's cool. Do I need to use a boat wax or will any auto wax do?

Boat wax. Use the paste...it works wonders!

 

[DCKD]

Matt da Man...:cheers:, boat looks WAY better than before, i'll postbefore/after shots, (regular p.c., took a dump, cant figre this laptop out), but rolled West Marine, got the Maguires (heavy) oxidation and polish...mofo, darn white crap wiped away. So darn stoked, looked at it with a flashlight, last night..lol.
Thanks again, Matt......Slowboat'n, didnt mean to "tax" ur thread..:cheers:

Don't forget to wax it up...protect that new looking gel coat you now have!

Matt

 

[slowboatn]

So put wax over the slick polish? Is that gonna be ok for this? Let me see if I can find a pic of this product I used. Get some info for yall.

 

[slowboatn]

http://www.starbrite.com/productdet...e Polishes&ProductSSCat=Marine Waxes & Polish

This is it. I couldn't cut and paste all of the info. So yall can go look at it and see if I need to wax over it.