Expensive Marine Products
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Supposedly Marine products have better UV protection. But no one has proven that to me yet. Outside of products specifically developed for gel coat, I often wondered the same thing myself.
dpvandy01
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- Sep 6, 2007
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- 2007 38 Sundancer
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2014 Sea Fox 256 Commander
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- Twin 8.1L Close Cooled V-Drives & 300 Yamaha OB
Starbrite marine wax with TFT or teflon IMO can not be beat!!!!!!! it goes on easily and buffs out to an amazing shine very easily. I love the stuff but you're right, add MARINE to the product name and up goes the price. They know we have the cash and they really understand their market
Pirate
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Look carefully, the Starbrite w/ teflon is a polish, not a wax.
As far as the cost is concerned.... what if it's $15 instead of $10. Considering the amount of effort you're going to exert, who cares?
As far as the cost is concerned.... what if it's $15 instead of $10. Considering the amount of effort you're going to exert, who cares?
Nehalennia
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- Aug 22, 2007
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- 2001 310DA twin 350 MAGs, Westerbeke 4.5KW
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- Twin 350 MAG V-drives
Starbrite does make a cleaner wax. I love their Polishes but I use SeaPower for the Cleaner wax.
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Starbrite is a marine only product and as far as I know there is no automotive equivalent is there?.
In particular, if you start looking at Meguiar's line of products, I think things get very blurry between the auto stuff and the marine stuff. Personally, I think the formulas are the same on some of their products but we will probably never know for sure. Just the same, if you find a Marine product in their line up that you like, an extra $15-$20 bucks a year to purchase it is really not too bad compared to buying the automotive equivalent at Wally's World.
The products I have used and like on my boat are Meguiar's Flagship which is essentially a polymer that also has a mild cleaner in it. It goes on easily with an orbital buffer and the cleaner does an excellent job of removing water spots and bringing out the shine. I also have used and will continue to use another polymer product I bought from properboatcare.com with the Gel Coat Labs label.
This is very similar to Maguiar's Flagship wax in terms of the results you get. I have posted many pictures before and it get's kind of redundant but here is my 240SD done with the Gel Coat labs product........
and my 260DA which I just did with Meguiar's Flagship.
In particular, if you start looking at Meguiar's line of products, I think things get very blurry between the auto stuff and the marine stuff. Personally, I think the formulas are the same on some of their products but we will probably never know for sure. Just the same, if you find a Marine product in their line up that you like, an extra $15-$20 bucks a year to purchase it is really not too bad compared to buying the automotive equivalent at Wally's World.
The products I have used and like on my boat are Meguiar's Flagship which is essentially a polymer that also has a mild cleaner in it. It goes on easily with an orbital buffer and the cleaner does an excellent job of removing water spots and bringing out the shine. I also have used and will continue to use another polymer product I bought from properboatcare.com with the Gel Coat Labs label.
This is very similar to Maguiar's Flagship wax in terms of the results you get. I have posted many pictures before and it get's kind of redundant but here is my 240SD done with the Gel Coat labs product........
and my 260DA which I just did with Meguiar's Flagship.