Sorry, but that is simply a misdiagnosis. Poli Glow is not a "quick fix"
any more than waxing is a quick fix. Your "professionals" first
unprofessional move was to try and sand off the Poly Glow without
knowing what it was. I would not be at all surprised if in their
ignorance they ruined your gelcoat themselves by trying strong petroleum
based solvents to remove the Poly Glow. BIG mistake. I have assisted in
hull repairs where we removed the Poly Glow quite easily and completely
from the work area by following the directions and using the proper
remover. Then we did the repairs. Following that, we simply re-applied
poly glow to the area we had stripped and it blended right in with the
rest of the boat. My boat has had poly glow on it for well over 10 years
and there is simply no possible way that poly glow did anything to your
gelcoat other than make it look a lot newer.
I have said it many times here. The only horror stories about Poly Glow
A-L-W-A-Y-S end up being revealed as caused by someone who didn't read,
understand and follow the very simple directions. We had one person post
here about problems with Poly Glow and it turned out that Poly Glow was
not even the product he had used. When asked, he could not remember the
name of whatever he had used, so he just blamed his bad experience on
Poly Glow anyway.
My 1986 boat looks great using Poly Glow, and I will be dead long before
it needs painting. The gelcoat looks like a boat that is only a few
years old, even looking closely. If I had been compounding all these
years, my boat would not have much gelcoat left on it by now. If your
boat needs painting, someone has worn out the finish by compounding it
too many times. They simply wore the finish out. Poly Glow inhibits
oxidation of the gelcoat by sealing the pores and having UV protection
in the formula.
Bill Bina
On 4/2/2014 2:04 PM, Andy Blanchard wrote:
I don't believe in the quit fix like Poli-Glow, I was a believer at
one time until I had to do some repairs on my boat after a collision.
It was an insurance job so I was looking at having the repairs done by
a professional. When they started to sand down the the damage area the
sand- paper was gumming and they didn't understand why. I told them
that I used Poli-Glow and they think that it could have been a
chemical reaction that caused that or the original gel coat never
cure properly. No paint would aver stick on the boat in the condition
it was in and it turn out the only next option was to re-gel coat the
boat.
We have old Antique boats that oxidize with time and one day or
another you will need to re-paint your boat.
Andy
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