Is expensive polish worth the money??

[Spi D]

Just a heads up:

I had issues with the contact form on Boatsheen homepage (only means of contact).
http://morethanpolish.com is run by same person and that page states an email

 

[boatshiner]

Phone number also shown:

01780 749449

 

[Whopper]

Might be of interest to some. Last week I read that quick detailer products can be used as a drying aid after cleaning cars. I bought a bottle of autoglym rapid detailer (I would prefer chemical guys products but this was handy locally) and used it with a microfibre drying towel after washing the car. Very impressed with the result with no water marks or steaks whatsoever and a light protective layer from what I can gather which seems to be increasing the beading of water in conjunction with the existing wax on the car. Might be a bit OTT to dry a motor boat after washing but I suspect this stuff would be good for removing water marks and streaks after the boat dried naturally.

 

[Marine Reflections]

Might be of interest to some. Last week I read that quick detailer products can be used as a drying aid after cleaning cars. I bought a bottle of autoglym rapid detailer (I would prefer chemical guys products but this was handy locally) and used it with a microfibre drying towel after washing the car. Very impressed with the result with no water marks or steaks whatsoever and a light protective layer from what I can gather which seems to be increasing the beading of water in conjunction with the existing wax on the car. Might be a bit OTT to dry a motor boat after washing but I suspect this stuff would be good for removing water marks and streaks after the boat dried naturally.

Good aren't they!

You are right, but they don't offer much in the way of protection, they do help make the surface more hydrophobic (beading), making the time between changing waxes longer.

If you washed anything and left it without drying, you are of course going to get water spots. Simply contaminates in the water, minerals etc, are going to bake in the sun on the surface.

One way to deal with TDS or water spots while drying, is indeed to use a quick detailer, but the main weapon as you state is the drying towel.
Rule of thumb though, don't let them dry in the first place. You have to get round sharpish as you know. On a boat, this just isn't possible.

If, as you say you are still getting contaminates on the surface after a wash (albeit only water contaminates) there is a risk (god this is going to sound pedantic) but the very contaminates that are left on the surface will get caught up in the drying towel and the microfibre you used to dry with.
Now, on a highly polished dark coloured vehicle, this could marr what was a perfect finish.

One way to stop this from happening, and forms more of a 'hands free' wash is to use a rinse filter. This will take all the TDS out, so when you come to dry there will be no contaminates left on the surface. So no streaks, no water spots, just the bare surface.

Polishing water is expensive, but if used just for the final rinse it can pay.

I use an 11ltr rinse vessel filled with extra virgin resin bead, simply a big water filter, polishes the water down to 000ppm for roughly 5000 ltrs if starting with say 250ppm (normal tap water).
This thread (an obvious spam fritter fest) has had enough links, so I will point out that good filters can be purchased from window cleaning suppliers.
Many uses for a quick detailer on a boat, on all surfaces, certainly around the seating areas, helm positions, certain plastics, instruments etc but the more uses you find for it on a boat, the more a filter makes sense.

Also good for priming a new foam polishing pad, just a few sprays will help assist the pad when working product.


Apologies to the OP for the slight drift, but it all ties in.

Is expensive polish worth the money?

Not in my opinion no, but I can see how it would appear so to the OP.

As long as it beads well, has a UV inhibitor, goes on easy and buffs easily.
Those are the benefits the OP has observed.

After nearly thirty years in detailing, my paste wax of choice costs £20
Am I a cheapskate, no, it is just that a £20 wax will provide all that I would need.


Tony

 

[gjgm]

Goddamit.. now I need a water polisher...
Well obviously I don't,as the water in my marina is soooo pure that I have never had a water spot