blueglass
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yes halfords, - but cheaper on ebay, a couple of people selling it - just putMER in their search engine.
Can you use car wax on a boat if not why not ??????????
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Birdseye
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previous owner of my boat used a car ceramic polish on the topsides - been impressed by how ling it has lasted.
Davy_S
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19 years? it lasted a ling time then!
Fire99
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I think i've tried a bucket of them. Most when applied well seem to do a fairly decent job but Autoglym Super Resin Polish does seem to work very well. A couple of years ago, on a very shineless area of the boat (before compounding), I polished a patch without too much enthusiasm with the Autoglym stuff and a year later that patch was still nice and shiny with virtually zero care, and being on the weather-beaten side. I use it a lot now..
Refueler
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Yep a 19yr old thread ... but still relevant.
Auto Wax .... most are short term and don't last the marine environment ... but the ones that create a 'shell' coating can actually be good - but devils job if you ever need to have GRP repairs.
T-Cut and any of the Auto Colour Restorer products are fine to use - BUT not as a final cleaner before waxing ... if used as a first or patch cleaner before an overall good clean with a general cleaner to remove any residues - then fine. The residues if not removed can yellow the gelcoat surface.
Auto Wax .... most are short term and don't last the marine environment ... but the ones that create a 'shell' coating can actually be good - but devils job if you ever need to have GRP repairs.
T-Cut and any of the Auto Colour Restorer products are fine to use - BUT not as a final cleaner before waxing ... if used as a first or patch cleaner before an overall good clean with a general cleaner to remove any residues - then fine. The residues if not removed can yellow the gelcoat surface.
volvopaul
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Not a job I get involved in but all I will say is that you get what you pay for . I watch companies use these very modern tools I'm talking about different polishers and small sander like equipment the sort of thing these car detail companies use , on black and grey hulls this really does work and will last more than a season before it goes all chalky again . One of my clients with a grey hiull princess has used a pro company in the spring , boat still looks as good from the various stage cuts to the final wax protection, mist cheap polishes are just full of silicone to give a short term shine .
47GC
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Met and the likes have fillers to fill scratches. Looks brilliant on application, long term… no so sure. Bit like air freshener, a smell to cover a smell! I’d rather polish the scratch out properly. Everyone to there own though
Daydream believer
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