Seems this topic raises some divergent opinions.
I'm pretty sure my CS 30 is just original gel coat - so I was
planning on starting some type of hull upkeep.
The polyglow positives sound really sweet - fast and easy is all
good to me! Boat will be hauled every year, so easy to re-do
yearly.
Certainly don't have any interest in compounding the boat every
year. I'm more function than fashion - so as long as the hull is
protected I'm not going to sweat to make it look pretty.
On the other hand - Turtle Wax is not all that challenging either.
From what I've seen back and forth so far it's unlikely I'll have
a definitive answer - but I'm tempted to try to PolyGlow route.
Mark
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On 03/04/2014 12:59 AM, Rick Brass wrote:
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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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