Re: T Cutting your boat

[Medskipper]

Re: T Cutting your boat

Sorry I can't access your letter to reply, it just will not open!

Anyway, my answer is DON'T!

T Cut is a yellow compound and in my experience it just makes white gel coat take on a yellowish hew. Use marine gel compounds, there are plenty of them around they will give you a far better finish and keep it white.

Barry


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[cjrvernon]

Re: T Cutting your boat

for gel coat you want to use
faraclay cutting compound

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[longjohnsilver]

Re: T Cutting your boat

Do you mean Farecla? I recommend their No 10, a very fine cutting liquid, can be bought from auto factors.

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[BarryH]

Re: T Cutting your boat

I'd not reccomend using a cutting compound until you really need to. Best way is start off with a good cleaning product, anything with oxalic acid as the active ingrdiant, then go on to use a good quality polish.
I've only ever used a cutting compound once and that was to remove a few minor surface scratches.
Any decent polish will remove oxidation off the surface of the gel coat, cutting compounds will remove more gel than is really needed.

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[Medskipper]

Re: T Cutting your boat

This is true, but I have to say that the winter grime never seems to come off with just a good polish, I use farecula or however its spelt! and I use it gently. The winter grime comes off and I then use a good quality polish.

It is correct to say that it removes the gel, but used carefully the gel will last many years.

Barry

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[halcyon]

Re: T Cutting your boat

Yes it does remove some gell coat but a very small amount, unless you go completely mad, Used G7 (?) on two 30 year old hulls and both came up lovell. used a sponge and slow running electric polisher, then polish. Then we ( well the wife, and she antifouls as well ) cleans it with Jiff, green plastic pan pad and polish each year.


Brian

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[itsonlymoney]

Re: T Cutting your boat

I have to disagree. If you use T cut sparingly and only when neccasary then it is a very beneficial product. I have even used it on white vinyl upholstery to remove a really stubborn mark, furthermore I have never experienced any signs of yellowing; maybe the secrets in the term sparingly. In short "all hail the mighty T.cut may your bottle never empty"

Regards - Ian

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