JimH,

Thanks for the article. I had always stayed away from using a orbital
buffer due to the horror stories, if I had known about this, I might never
had tried Zaino Bros.
As I said in a different post, I could not tell any difference in the gloss
of wax vs. Zaino polish, the fiberglass seemed to be just as protected with
Maquires wax or Zaino polish, but I found after I waxed my boat, my arms
were sore for weeks. ; )

One product I found that was a real piece of **** was the Teflon wax, I
think it was starbrite. A marina neighbor was watching me struggle to
remove the Carnauba wax, and showed me how easy his Teflon wax. I tried it
on a small section of the boat to see how it held up. For some reason the
air pollution in the rain would leave black crap on the Teflon area and not
the wax part of the boat.



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A claybar will remove the dirt left behind after washing the boat, this
will eliminate future swirl marks by removing the grit that will cause
swirl marks on the fiberglass.

The only way to remove the swirl marks in gel coat is to polish them
out.

JimH did provide excellent guidelines, but I would be very careful when
using the random orbit polisher. If you keep the OP in the same place
too long or you push too hard when using it. can burn the gellcoat.




" There's a common misconception about random orbital buffers, especially
with folks who aren't real familiar with the finer nuances of detailing.
Most confuse the random orbital buffer with a rotary (or direct-drive)
buffer. Rotary buffers are more apt to cause damage, as they have more
powerful motors, generate more heat, pressure and speed, and are usually
used with more aggressive pads (including wool). "

http://www.roadfly.org/magazine/7/po..._buffer.1.html




If you let the weight of the tool do the work, and you don't push the pad
into the finish, you won't have a problem with burning the gelcoat. I
never did.



Here is a nice site giving step by step instructions on how to use the
Porter Cable random orbit polisher I use.

http://www.autopia-carcare.com/inf-pc7424.html