Feedback on Poli-Glow and an Antifouling question.

[sequena1]

Coming up to the final stages of a long refit, I now have to decide what to do with a very "chalked" dark blue hull. Have heard some good things about Poli- glow. Has anybody any experience of this product, and if so -- any feedback would be much appreciated. Also the last time the boat was in the water was about 17 years ago. The antifouling is in generally good condition, well adhered to the gel-coat and with almost no fouling. Any reason why I can't just put the new antifouling over it?

 

[VicS]

Dark blue usually polishes up well. Use a fibre glass rubbing compound such as one of the Farecla products and a foam compounding mop kept wet. Finish off with a decent fibre glass polish and you will be pleasantly surprised I think.

Wash and just overcoa the antifouling. Provided you do not use anything fancy no barrier coat is likely to be needed.

 

[Micky]

I used Poli-Glow on my previous boat and was very happy with the results. The better you prepare and clean the hull before applying the Poli-Glow, the smarter it looks, and the nice shinny finished lased well over 12 months, just a quick wash down with a car wax shampoo.

 

[weaver_fish]

I was really happy with the ease of use of poliglow and how effective the TLC cleaner was. I had tried cut back and polish before, but the fading just came back after a few weeks. I suggest you call them yourself and describe the job - the guy at poliglow uk was really helpful. Also consider that if you cut back you are removing gelcoat whereas with the poliglow you are building up a layer of protection.

 

[mcsailing]

I have used Poliglow and found it to be very good .The finish was far better than when we polished the hull.
It lasted well and as per an earlier post i found the uk agent really helpful It takes a time to apply but the results are worth it

 

[Andrew_Fanner]

Poliglow is good stuff. Get the surface prep right and then its a breeze. A filthy 27 footer became a gleaming one in less than a weekend, allowing for decent beer, coffee and baccy breaks. Clean all year as a squirt from the hose cleans the muck pretty well. Co. are very helpful.

 

[capt_courageous]

Hi
We tried Poli-glow on a dark hull. It looked very good for a short time but it rapdily went milky - uv I expect - so I took it off. It may be ok on a white hull but I won't use it again. I will try Farecla next winter having seen it used by other club members.

 

[Twister_Ken]

Antifouling - today's a/fs almost all overcoat themselves and each other without problems. Didn't used to be the case though, and your old a/f might have something in it which modern a/f will react to. I'd suggest you power wash the old stuff to get off any traces of old fouling/dirt, then overcoat it with one coat of underwater primer (Blakes one is good, and easy to apply) as a barrier coat, then put new a/f on top of that.

 

[sequena1]

Many thanks for all the advice. I'll give it a ponder!

 

[Pasarell]

Coming in late here but I strongly recommend removing the old antifouling.
It is probably compatible with products on the market now but antifoulings are meant to be immersed. Long periods out of the water will weaken their adhesion to the substrate. The solvents in the new coating will weaken that adhesion further. Remember you are hanging all the new coating onto the bond between the original first coat and the hull and it's going to give way sometime soon.