Skip Gundlach wrote:
Hi, Brownbag, and group,

brownbag wrote:


...for better pricing on Poli-Glow I tried Min-Wax Polycrylic. It
looks like a duck; it smells like a duck; it spreads, dries, shines and
lasts (so far) like a duck....but maybe a bit more viscous.

...I'm even trying it on a bit of fiberglass headliner to see if it
cuts down on mildew.
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Please come back after
you've had some extensive time of UV exposure to let us know how it
did. And, don't overlook their cleaning process - necessary to let the
stuff get a grip, the essence of how it works snip

Le'me tell ya' what I did.

The fella who docks his bigass grouper boat next to my ol' 39' foot
ketch was raving about Poli-Glow. I looked at it and said it reminded
me of Polycrylic. "No, no, no...this is special," he said.

I put a test patch on my chalky 33 year old gel coat, and next to it I
put a patch of Polycrylic straight out of the can. tick tock

....8 months later in the Florida sun, I couldn't tell the
difference....

So, I drag out the pressure washer and blast off the chalky layer and
old paste wax failure from the year before, and wipe on 2 quarts. My
boat is no longer chalky white, but a the pleasant cream white it use
to be. It has a shine. It is easier to clean. It has a hard durable
finish. All in all I'm quite pleased.

On the down side with out the porous old gel coat, a wet deck is a bit
slippery in *bare* feet...but not with shoes. I'm currently looking
for an acrylic 'sand' to paint on as 'no-skid' with the next
application...in case it really bothers me.


And, to be fair, you should do an adjacent panel in PG for comparison.

I'm always fair...
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I am Epoxy Man