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Anyone use this? any good???
A-Glaze
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Hurricane
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I've used it for years.
Dont pay a contractor to apply it though.
IMO, the whole point of A Glaze is that its easy.
Essentially, there are two processes that you will need to do at the begining of each season.
Firstly, you apply the pink Prep which seems to be a polish not unlike "Windowlene".
You apply it with a cloth and then polish off. Tip - dont let the Prep dry in the sun or it becomes a ?ugger to polish off.
After the prep you apply the actual A Glaze.
It goes on like an oil - dead easy.
I liken it to Rainex that you may have used on car windscreens.
2 coats of the A Glaze and thats it.
I often get a dull finish which is in fact an indication of too much A Glaze so I leave it to soak in and then sometimes "dust" off to give a full gloss finish.
For the rest of the season, I just use the A Glaze soapy wash - I think any wash would do but the A Glaze one isnt too expensive so I use that.
Last year, A Glaze introduces a new surface prep that can be used instead of the pink "Windowlene like" product.
I think they call it SMR which they say you can use after your first treatment.
I used SMR last year and, yes, its even easier.
So, forget the fact that A Glaze is a good protective coat - just think of it as a really easy treatment to apply.
We used it on our old Sealine - unlike our current Princess, the Sealine's exhaust made the stern quarters very sooty. A Glaze didnt stop the soot but it made it way easier to wash off.
Hope that helps
Dont pay a contractor to apply it though.
IMO, the whole point of A Glaze is that its easy.
Essentially, there are two processes that you will need to do at the begining of each season.
Firstly, you apply the pink Prep which seems to be a polish not unlike "Windowlene".
You apply it with a cloth and then polish off. Tip - dont let the Prep dry in the sun or it becomes a ?ugger to polish off.
After the prep you apply the actual A Glaze.
It goes on like an oil - dead easy.
I liken it to Rainex that you may have used on car windscreens.
2 coats of the A Glaze and thats it.
I often get a dull finish which is in fact an indication of too much A Glaze so I leave it to soak in and then sometimes "dust" off to give a full gloss finish.
For the rest of the season, I just use the A Glaze soapy wash - I think any wash would do but the A Glaze one isnt too expensive so I use that.
Last year, A Glaze introduces a new surface prep that can be used instead of the pink "Windowlene like" product.
I think they call it SMR which they say you can use after your first treatment.
I used SMR last year and, yes, its even easier.
So, forget the fact that A Glaze is a good protective coat - just think of it as a really easy treatment to apply.
We used it on our old Sealine - unlike our current Princess, the Sealine's exhaust made the stern quarters very sooty. A Glaze didnt stop the soot but it made it way easier to wash off.
Hope that helps
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Thanks Hurricane, great feedback...Is it best to have the boat washed and polished/waxed and then apply the A-glaze or just washed without polish or wax then apply the A-glaze?
Hurricane
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It depends on the condition of the gelcoat.
Definately don't wax polish the boat first.
However, IMO, tired gelcoat should be recut first to clean out any grime bult up over the years.
If the boat is clean and tidy, the A Glaze prep should be good enough.
For example on our old Sealine, we lightly cut the gelcoat with a 3M compound before the first application of A Glaze. After that, we just used the standard A Glaze Prep before applying the actual A Glaze.
Our current Princess has been A Glazed since new so we havent needed to do any "cutting". We just used the A Glaze Prep followed by the actual A Glaze. Since last year, we have been using the new SMR prep followed by that actual A Glaze.
It has to be said that applying the actual A Glaze is a doddle.
You buy these tiny little bottles at about £25 each and just wipe a very thin smear over the gel coat. We always do a second coat but its really easy - no hard polishing when applying the actual A Glaze.
Our Princess is just over 20m long and I can do (on my own) the whole of one side of the hull in a day - thats Prep and A Glaze. So, thats the hull treated in two days (one man). I often do the topsides later when she's back on the water.
EDIT:- Just found a photo of the finished A Glaze result - you can just see a reflection in this pic.
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DougH
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I have been using A Glaze on my boat in Mallorca for the last 3 years.
The sun in Mallorca is hot hot hot in the summer and gel coats suffer badly.
The A Glaze has protected the finish to an unbelievable extent and I cannot recommend the treatment highly enough.
Hurricane is right on all fronts and his advice should be followed.
Owners out in the Med do use ordinary car wax but it only lasts about one month before you have to repeat the process again.
People are always asking what polish I use and are surprised at my answer, but now several boats are being treated with A Glaze as without doubt my 3 year old boat still looks as new as when it came out of the factory.
The sun in Mallorca is hot hot hot in the summer and gel coats suffer badly.
The A Glaze has protected the finish to an unbelievable extent and I cannot recommend the treatment highly enough.
Hurricane is right on all fronts and his advice should be followed.
Owners out in the Med do use ordinary car wax but it only lasts about one month before you have to repeat the process again.
People are always asking what polish I use and are surprised at my answer, but now several boats are being treated with A Glaze as without doubt my 3 year old boat still looks as new as when it came out of the factory.
