2023 Springtime Shine thread

I like to put armor all in my pressure washer and run boiling water through it.

 

Once graduated from a 27' er, pay the marina and watch.

 

I posted in another thread that I outsourced this year…..but they are working with my foundation…..so it should look awesome

 

I am finally in a place where I plan to do a one-pass polish (starke ignition) followed by two coats of sealant. Now, that's for the hull sides above and below the rub rail.

This years big project is to restore the very oxidized foredeck non-skid. It's so bad that it looks yellow when it's wet and retains dirt over the summer. I'll be repeatedly cutting it followed my many coats of sealant. Thankfully our shrink wrap is tall enough that I can do it during the winter and it gets warm in there with the sun out.

As soon as i finish reinstalling both heads and waste hoses that's the next project.

 

Last Friday I finished up my plotter and radar . Picked up my Starke products and this coming Friday I'll start getting my shine on

 

Will you be tackling this using Drakes method of a rotary on its side? Or the Shurhold method of the yellow brush on a DA?

I’ve tried both, and am 50/50 on which works better. A note about the Shurhold method…..the deck will turn yellow until you rinse it with hot water and a white scrub brush……then it looks pretty good.

 

I did the drake method last year on part and it worked well, so probably go that way.

I always end up frustrated with DA's. I even have the shurhold unit, along with others, and I much prefer the positive engagement of the rotary especially with the amount of cutting I need to do on this project

 

We ain’t even broke February and y’all thinking about waxing?

 

Still working on starting other maintenance items (impeller, hopefully bellows). Doing what I can while it's still so cold up here in WA. Won't even get warm enough for the bellows until at least April/May.

BUT. It does need a good polish. It's still pretty good overall, but not to my standards...

 

you know it. I bring a 12 pack and a space heater under the shrink and have myself a party of 1 mid-February

 

I love it!!!! You got it bad. I get up every morn, drive by the boat at marina to do same.
I just got a nice brass brush from Amazon yesterday. Wife said what that for? I said to scrub outdrive and something to keep me sane for a while, it’s on kitchen table.

 

I’ve become a Starke junkie after watching him, even though he cut ties with them. I have a LOT of Starke products and really like them.

 

https://buffpro.com/

A buddy of mine owns this company. I know my 29' boat is small compared to some. But it cut the amount of time to do any cutting, waxing and polishing on my boat by 2/3. Your mileage my vary. I can tell you that I don't miss the swirl marks.

 

13 lbs?!?!?!? Yeah, no.

 

Never had an issue with the weight.

 

I use McGuire's Marine cleaner wax put it on by hand take it off with a buffer it works very very well and it's quick

 

I switched a couple of years ago to the Smoove products. Much better results compared to 3m and Meguire. Collinite is still one of the best waxes out there