buster3
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not at all 5 gallon £ 50 last very long time
Washing The Boat
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blueglass
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tcm doing the whole boat with wet n dry sounds a bit harsh. how many years before you go through the gel coat?
rafiki_
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What is best for getting the black streaks off?
RobWales
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Black streak remover from "Halfrauds" they use it on caravans!
blueglass
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mer is good for that
DavidJ
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What is best for getting the black streaks off?
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Those, often discussed, magic pads, used for cushions, work on GRP as well to get rid of those black streaks.
What is best for getting the black streaks off?
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Those, often discussed, magic pads, used for cushions, work on GRP as well to get rid of those black streaks.
Nick_H
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Problem is the magic pads, muc-off, black streak remover, simple green, and any other degreaser type, will also remove any wax left on the surface, so it just gets dirtier again quicker.
If you've had the boat polished and waxed, then IMO you want to use only mild detergents with wax in them (like car wash stuff).
If you've had the boat polished and waxed, then IMO you want to use only mild detergents with wax in them (like car wash stuff).
pepsimax11
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easy to clean, get some else to wash and wax and you enjoy the boating /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif
johnpye
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Technically, I think rubbing compound is just coarse polish, what's called boat polish is finishing polish, and what you put on once it's shiny to keep it that way, is wax.
To save time, some polishes have wax in them (ie. wax polish), but that just means it's doing two jobs at the same time.
Happy to be proven wrong, but fairly sure that if you're not abrading something, then strictly speaking, you're not polishing it.
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Absolutely spot on.
But there's so much confusion about it that we call our polish pre-wax or colour & shine restorer. It also has detergents and stuff in to clean out embedded muck.
Wax goes on after you have a basic shine, but when you buff a good hard wax, you force the wax into the remaining imperfections of the surface and polish the outside wax surface.
You end up with a shiny undercoat and an even more shiny wax top coat protecting the surface below.
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Technically, I think rubbing compound is just coarse polish, what's called boat polish is finishing polish, and what you put on once it's shiny to keep it that way, is wax.
To save time, some polishes have wax in them (ie. wax polish), but that just means it's doing two jobs at the same time.
Happy to be proven wrong, but fairly sure that if you're not abrading something, then strictly speaking, you're not polishing it.
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Absolutely spot on.
But there's so much confusion about it that we call our polish pre-wax or colour & shine restorer. It also has detergents and stuff in to clean out embedded muck.
Wax goes on after you have a basic shine, but when you buff a good hard wax, you force the wax into the remaining imperfections of the surface and polish the outside wax surface.
You end up with a shiny undercoat and an even more shiny wax top coat protecting the surface below.
/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif