"DSK" wrote in message

Scotty wrote:
Talked to a guy in Joisey today as he was waxing a car. He said he
does trucks and boats, too. I mentioned that I just did my boat. He
said he does boats in the NYC area while they're in the water. Stands
on a dock (apparently a floating one) and does one side, then turns
the boat to do the other.

I 've never heard of this. Have you?


Sure. Where have you been?

Around here nearly all the detail companies wax their customers' boats ITW.
Only the marinas pull them, and that's rare. I've seen some do as Scooter
says (turning the boat and waxing from the dock), and some use inflatables
and battery-operated buffers. One woman uses a bosun's chair to do the
topsides of larger sailboats. She hangs from a multipart extension of the
main halyard and moves around the boat, adjusting her control line as she
goes. Seems to work well.


JG wrote:
I have heard of this. Apparently, it looks fine for a few months then
flakes off.


Hasn't happened to any boats I've waxed in the water.

This sounds like the old complaint that water-based bottom paints shed as
soon as the boat leaves its slip. Sounds like more hogwash to me. Wax is
wax, whether applied on the hard or ITW.

We use 3-M stuff and a 10" RO buffer. Works like a champ as long as you
don't drop the buffer in the water.

No doubt you've seen "Groundhog Day."

Bull