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Steven Bennett
 
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Default Waxing plastic boats

Very cool, thanks for the info

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"PaddlingPair" wrote in message
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"Steven Bennett" wrote:

303 on the bottom or just on the top?

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"Fred Klingener" wrote in message
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Has anyone heard of or has done any waxing to their plastic Kayak?

I speak of the same sort of waxing that someone might wax their

surf
board,
using what's knows as "Sex Wax".

This is done to create less resistance on the water..


Actually, one waxes up the upper deck of a surf board in order to

make
it
less slippery and easier to stand up on without falling off.
I know some more anal types of kayakers who will use paste wax on

their
composite boats. But this is pretty much purely for cosmetic

reasons.
The
only
thing I will regularly use on a boat, plastic or otherwise, might be
Formula
303 UV inhibitor.

FWIW, 303 Products specifically recommends against using wax,

primarily
because most waxes contain petro distillates that attack gelcoat and

vinyl
but also because they interfere with subsequent applications of 303.

Self-serving pap for commercial gain? Maybe. But 303's the only stuff

I'll
use too.

www.303-products.com

hth,
Fred Klingener




We use 303 on the top and bottom... and everywhere else except the
outside rim and under-edge of the cockpit combing. There we use surfers
wax (Mrs. Palmer's cold water wax). It makes putting a skirt on even
simpler and aids in holding the skirt in place when making extreme
movements.