Farecla G3 - any tips?

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My hull is in a bit of a sorry state and needs a bringing back to it's former glory (the boat has been sitting in someones garden for the last 7 years!)

I've seen a few threads about G3 and from what I gather it's the way forward, I was in my local motor factors and saw they had G3 with all of the paraphernalia that goes with it.
They had a 3kg tub for £30 (+vat) which I thought wasn't too bad, should I go for the farecla mop or are other (cheaper) ones just as good?

Has anyone got any experience of using it? Any tips etc?

The boat is 26ft long, I was going to use the g3 with a polisher, I'm not sure what to put on after that? I've heard a caranuba car wax s the way forward?
Any recommendations for products etc?
 
Screwfix have the foam mops , maybe cheaper, @ £6.79. Different colours for different duties, White for compounding..

I found 900rpm to be a suitable speed. Tried slower but not necessary .. could be a bit faster even. Up to 1800 recommended for a 6" mop
Keep all moist with water in a trigger spray bottle.

Do a sensible area at a time.

Don't park the car too close and cover the boat next to you.


"Mer" is a popular polish that seems to give a good finish and easy to apply and buff by hand.

Youll do a few boats with 3kg. but lb for lb its the cheapest way to buy it (Swindlery price £12.8 for 400g of Starbrite rubbing compound)

I have used various compounds, I'd be hard pushed to make any comparison between them but if the hull is really bad a heavy duty one might be needed.

Clean the hull properly first. Get rid of the usual muck around the waterline. An oxalic acid clean might be worthwhile or you could end up simply polishing muck that should have been removed first.

I have used Farécla but not G3. Is it suitable for fibreglass?

Not considered using the newer Gel coat Restorer from Farécla that can be applied with lambswool mop ? SEE HERE for marine products brochure.

Info, advice and video tutorials all to be found on Farécla's website

A couple of pictures to encourage you
( Starbrite rubbing compound and polish .. Screwfix componding mop ... electric drill running at 900rpm)

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Make sure that you use plenty of water on the foam compounding mop.

A useful tip is to use a polythene "spray" bottle filled with water and keep spraying the surface when you are polishing. A bit messy but you definitely don't want to use G3 without plenty of water as a lubricant.
 
Aquabuff

I have used several Farecla grades of compound and found them to be high quality products.
But AquaBuff 2000 opened my eyes to what a polishing compound can really do.

The only drawback that I can think of is that they strongly recommend using a lambswool polishing head, not foam.

I have just done another boat yesterday and once again the result was fantastic.

I will try using a foam polishing head on a piece of spare grp and see what difference it makes and will report later.

Conclusion, my large tins of Farecla are got the skip now that I use Aquabuff
 
seanfoster said:
My hull is in a bit of a sorry state and needs a bringing back to it's former glory (the boat has been sitting in someones garden for the last 7 years!)

I've seen a few threads about G3 and from what I gather it's the way forward, I was in my local motor factors and saw they had G3 with all of the paraphernalia that goes with it.
They had a 3kg tub for £30 (+vat) which I thought wasn't too bad, should I go for the farecla mop or are other (cheaper) ones just as good?

Has anyone got any experience of using it? Any tips etc?

The boat is 26ft long, I was going to use the g3 with a polisher, I'm not sure what to put on after that? I've heard a caranuba car wax s the way forward?
Any recommendations for products etc?
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I used to be in car refinishing many years ago and we used Farecla all the time. We never used foam mops, lambs wool is much better. As mentioned by others use water as a lube. We used to use water with a bit of washing up liquid in it. Also, for a pristine finish, complete the job by hand using Brasso. It produces a showroom finish providing that the basic material you're polishing is okay.

Mentioned washing up liquid earlier. If you have any surface repairs to make that require wet and dry paper always use it. It's a much better lubricant than water alone and it helps to stop the paper clogging up.
 
i use either g3 or g6 with a foam / sponge head from machinemart for about a fiver... normally use the pink grade. put the paste on wet (water in a garden spray is good) using a slow speed to work it in... then take it off using a higer speed..

I then put a coat of autoglem on afterwards.
 
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