Boat wax info
Boat wax info
I recently waxed my boat with marine wax and it gave it a really nice shine but I was hoping it would fill some of the tiny scratches in the gel coat. Is there a product that will fill those scratches like a buffing compund does on the clear coat of a car? And what is the best kind/ place to get it?
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Re: Boat wax info
Go to your local auto parts store and buy the Mothers 3-stage system. They are in red containers.
1 stage is a cleaner, 2 stage will fill and hide scratches and swirls and 3 stage is the final past carnuba. Made my boat look great!
1 stage is a cleaner, 2 stage will fill and hide scratches and swirls and 3 stage is the final past carnuba. Made my boat look great!
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Re: Boat wax info
I asked the same question on this forum about a year ago and got a lot of very good recommendations so I decided to try a few and see what really worked. I had a lot of very small scratches (from shoes) on both the front and aft gunwhales.
Regular boat cleaners and polished did not help the little cracks. I tried hand applying the Mothers 3 stage and hand applying the 3M Marine Finesse-it II Rubbing compound and finishinig polish. Both did a nice job but did not take the little micro
scratches out.
Then I tried compounding, then sanding with 600 grit, then 1000 grit and then 1500 grit wet dry sandpaper and then hand applying the 3M Finesse products again. This really really worked well and took out all the scratches and made it look and feel like new but it was a lot of work.
So I decided to use more POWER and instead of sanding by hand I used a buffing wheel with just the compound and then the poliish (3M Marine Finesse it II) and this worked best of all with the least amount of elbow grease. So my recommendation is what ever product you choose, use power tools to apply. By Hand the only way to get the scratches out is sandpapering, but a power buffer will do it without sanding. I have continued to use the 3M product by hand to maintain the shine and they have done a really good job.
Hope that helps a little.
Greg E
Regular boat cleaners and polished did not help the little cracks. I tried hand applying the Mothers 3 stage and hand applying the 3M Marine Finesse-it II Rubbing compound and finishinig polish. Both did a nice job but did not take the little micro
scratches out.
Then I tried compounding, then sanding with 600 grit, then 1000 grit and then 1500 grit wet dry sandpaper and then hand applying the 3M Finesse products again. This really really worked well and took out all the scratches and made it look and feel like new but it was a lot of work.
So I decided to use more POWER and instead of sanding by hand I used a buffing wheel with just the compound and then the poliish (3M Marine Finesse it II) and this worked best of all with the least amount of elbow grease. So my recommendation is what ever product you choose, use power tools to apply. By Hand the only way to get the scratches out is sandpapering, but a power buffer will do it without sanding. I have continued to use the 3M product by hand to maintain the shine and they have done a really good job.
Hope that helps a little.
Greg E
Re: Boat wax info
Great. I have a power random orbital buffer. Ill give it a shot while this weather is lame. Thanks again for the replys.
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