Polishing fibreglass gel coat
 

The sun has given my fibreglass top a white bloom. If I buff an area very
heavily with a mechanical polisher and T-Cut and then polish it comes up
nicely. Trouble is, it's taking far too long as the gel coat seems to be
much harder than the paint finishes that the T-cut and polish are meant for.
Anyone know of better products / methods to get the shine back more quickly?
TIA, Pete.

Polishing fibreglass gel coat
 

Many thanks, just the advice I need.
Pete

"YSTay" wrote in message
...
Hi Peter,
you can start with auto body rubbing compound. this comes in various
grades
of roughness but medium should be fine. The gel coat will come up quite
nicely with this. If its not shiny enough for you, then polish with T-cut
or similar after. I personally use Mcguires machine glaze for a deep
gloss
wet-look.

Arnold

"Peter Mounsey" wrote in message
...
The sun has given my fibreglass top a white bloom. If I buff an area
very
heavily with a mechanical polisher and T-Cut and then polish it comes up
nicely. Trouble is, it's taking far too long as the gel coat seems to be
much harder than the paint finishes that the T-cut and polish are meant
for.
Anyone know of better products / methods to get the shine back more
quickly?
TIA, Pete.

Polishing fibreglass gel coat
 

We use 3M's Super Duty Compound with a high speed buffer. Then we
apply Mcguires Flag ship wax with a orbital buffer. It works very well.

-Chris

Polishing fibreglass gel coat
 

The brown 3M compound is great for highly oxidized surfaces. If you
really want a mirror finish, follow up by polishing with 3M's
Finesse-it polishing compound (white). I use Collinite's Fleetwax
paste, a hard paste wax that always comes out on top when Powerboat
Reports tests all the waxes.

Don't get those compounds at your boat store... you can get them for
probably half at local auto supply places, or he
http://www.autobodydepot.net


Topher wrote:
We use 3M's Super Duty Compound with a high speed buffer. Then we
apply Mcguires Flag ship wax with a orbital buffer. It works very well.

-Chris

Polishing fibreglass gel coat
 

A different approach is to clean the gel coat with Comet, using a
stiff-bristled brush, rinse, dry and then apply Penetrol, a paint-flow
additive. The results are amazing. If you want to spend a little more, buy
Marine Penetrol, but I couldn't detect any difference in the results. The
shine will fade, eventually, and a yearly recoating may be needed. I have
found this to be a really low-cost, rapid method for treating badly oxidized
gel coats. Google returns pages of information on the product and its uses.