"Alan Gomes" wrote in message ...
Dave wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:44:34 -0400, "Ed" said:

Polyglow? 3 years??? Not in the Florida sun.... I only got about a
year and it was a pain to remove.

How many coats did you put on initially? Did you follow the recommended
procedure of adding another coat each 6 months?

What did you use to try and remove it? I was frankly surprised at how
easy
it was to remove when the time came.

Same here, Dave. And I'm using it in the bright Southern California sun. I
recoat about every 8 months, even though it still looks just fine at that
point, because recoating is so easy and I want to be on the safe side. I
use a pad on an angled pole so I can do the hull standing next to it at
the dock.

I see from my "Poliglow Logbook" that I initially put on 7 coats in March
of 2004 and then I've added 3 coats every 8 mos. or so after that. I touch
up the areas that get marked up by fenders, etc. with 5 coats. I suppose
at some point I will want to strip it and start over but not yet. The
Poliprep solution seems to take it off easily enough, as I had to do on
the port and starboard quarter when I had lettering applied to the boat.
Overall I think it's a great product.

--Alan Gomes

6-7 coats. it also started yellowing within 9 mos. I don't know of many
people in SFL who use it anymore. They were nice about it and sent me more
of their remover when the grocery store variety did not work.
Nothing against SoCal, but 34 degrees N vs 26 can make a difference in
overall UV strength.