Poly-Glow is essentially acrylic floor wax. If you try to sand without stripping the Poly-Glow first, you end up with the sandpaper gummed up with the acrylic.
Nothing wrong wit the chemistry or with the gel coat. Just inexperienced "professionals". I've used Poly-Glow on my 25 since the mid 90s and never have stripped it with the exception of one spot repair where a dirty fender ground dirt/mildew/green junk off a piling into the surface during a nor'easter one winter. Poly-prep is dilute ammonium hydroxide. I used concentrated ammonium hydroxide (Purple Power from Walmart at $3 per gallon), rinsed, cleaned the section of hull, recoated wit Poly-Glow. Good as new in under a day. Annual polish is to wash the hull and rinse well with fresh water, and apply a couple of new coats of Poly-Glow, as someone has already said. Takes a couple of hours. Would be easier if the boat got hauled more often than once every 3 or 4 years. I wish my 38 had never been painted. A shiny hull would be so much easier. Rick Brass Sent from my iPad > On Apr 2, 2014, at 14:04, Andy Blanchard <[email protected]> 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 > > C&C 25-1 > > From: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 11:40:20 -0500 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Stus-List Poli-Glow > > Which why I chose to paint Touché with Awlcraft rather than Awlgrip. Awlcraft > can be more easily repaired and blended than Awlgrip. Although it can be > done, painters that can successfully blend Awlgrip are rare. > > Dennis C. > Touché 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 2, 2014, at 9:10 AM, David Knecht <[email protected]> wrote: > > What is the “it” that will deteriorate- the Awlgrip or the Poli-glow. Either > way, I am not sure what to do this spring. I can either strip the Poli-glow > and use Awlcare or keep using Poli-glow. Added to this is the fact that the > Awlgrip got badly scratched/scuffed by an unpadded dock last fall (long > story). It appears that with Awlgrip, there is nothing you can do except > repaint and I am not ready to add that to my boat budget this year. All of > this makes me less than enthused by my first Awlgrip experience. Dave > > On Apr 2, 2014, at 10:00 AM, dwight <[email protected]> wrote: > > Because it will deteriorate in time and you will have to do it over. With > Awlgrip all you really need to do is wash it down well and then if you want a > little more do 1 coat of Awlcare, which is really easy to apply as > well…should least 20+years at least barring scratches and dings > > > > From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David > Knecht > Sent: April 2, 2014 10:57 AM > To: CnC CnC discussion list > Subject: Re: Stus-List Poli-Glow > > > > Not realizing that my new boat had Awlgrip, I put Poli-glow on it last spring > before launching. It looked great (as usual) so I have no idea why it is > “not recommended”. Dave > > > > > > David Knecht > > Aries > > 1990 C&C 34+ > > New London, CT > > > <image001.jpg> > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > > David Knecht, Ph.D. > Professor and Head of Core Microscopy Facility > Department of Molecular and Cell Biology > U-3125 > 91 N. Eagleville Rd. > University of Connecticut > Storrs, CT 06269 > 860-486-2200 > 860-486-4331 (fax) > > > > > > > > David Knecht > Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > > <pastedGraphic.tiff> > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the > C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected]
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