Waxing results PC 7424

Weave

Weave

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200 Sundeck 2005
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4.3 MPI Alpha I Gen II
Spent a total of about 15 hours between a wash of interior and exterior, canvas, removing some nasty black streaks and three coats of polish/wax.
Think I got pretty good results although there are one or two spots on the topsides(I'll post those in a dif. thread).I used Collinite products to polish and wax since I had some already. I thought the shine was somewhat impressive but then again this is the first time I use a DA polisher. What do you guys think of the results? Here are some pics:
Admiral admiring my knee pads (which she got for me from work :smt001)
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Couple different angles:
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Thanks guys.....Something tells me that I may be able to work some more gloss out of the glass. The shine seemed great but I think the results on the colored spots are better than the cream/offwhite on the topsides.
I can see lots of hairline scratches up close and the gloss doesn't seem to be as good.
Maybe I am just too picky?????
 
...your Admiral needs knee pads at work.........?



Seriously it looks nice.
 
boat looks great...go enjoy. those knee pads can be handy.
 
Nehalennia said:
...your Admiral needs knee pads at work.........?
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You guys are funny! She works for Lenox Saw who owns Irwin which in turn gives employees discounts on tools, holesaws, recips, etc. She picked me up a pair of kneepads and I looked at her :huh: saying not sure what I'll use these for but what the heck. Needless to say they worked great for this application

Sorry to dissapoint guys!
 
To get the hairline scratches out of the topsides you will want to use a mild polish our compound. A dual action polisher is not the most aggresive way to try and remove scratches but if they are mild they may come out. I prefer a rotary buffer which is much more aggressive but when used properly yields the best results. Dual action is great for non polishing applictations such as wax. A DA is less likely to leave swirl marks or burns which almost makes it foolproof. Also the rule of thumb is to start off with the least aggressive method first when trying to remove scratches as you don't want to remove more gelcoat than neccessary. Move to more aggressive only when your not getting the results desired. Looks great and good luck!
 
Thanks Skuza....I was thinking I may try a mild compound as a next step.
 
Weave said:
You guys are funny! She works for Lenox Saw who owns Irwin which in turn gives employees discounts on tools, holesaws, recips, etc. She picked me up a pair of kneepads and I looked at her :huh: saying not sure what I'll use these for but what the heck. Needless to say they worked great for this application

Sorry to dissapoint guys!
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No disappointment .....just a ribbin'.

The boat is looking good.
 
Those are impressive pics! Do you have any "before" pics so we can compare? My boat's pretty shiny, with only one application of Zaino, I'm wondering how it might look if I use my PC 7424? I'm thinking I might try it on a small spot, and see if I notice a difference.

Did you do underneath too? And your trailer?
 
Thanks Todd.

VT, I'll have to check....I think I took some before pics. I do trailer and no I did not do the bottom. I am actually still nursing a pulled muscle from doing the lower bow portion on the last coat. Give 'er a shot with the PC and try not to use too much product. Thats the key from what I learned
 
Newer boats like an 05, that are not kept in the water, are covered when not in use, stored indoors (garage), washed regularly, will be easy to look shiney. The 7424 is a decent little unit, but if you have heavy oxidation, it does not have enough guts to make it shine like the boat Weave waxed. You need a heavier Duty buffer like a Makita.
A boat as well kept as his, really only needs a wipe down with pledge, and it would look just about as good as it did after he used the 7424, and crooked his back.
 
That's what I was thinking, more at his and my boat's ages, it's more important to keep the sun from causing oxidation and that'll keep it shiny.

I was just curious what it looked like before he did this, because it looks brand new from the after pics.

-VtSeaRay
 
Do not use Pledge anywhere on your boat. Whoever started that trend has caused many people yellowing of both gelcoat and eisenglass down the road.

Stay away from Pledge!
 
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