WEatched a man anoint his boat with Poli Glow yesterday. Sure looked
good at first glance and a whole lot easier than waxing and buffing. Has
anyone tried this stuff? Does it match its claims?

Gogarty wrote:

WEatched a man anoint his boat with Poli Glow yesterday. Sure looked
good at first glance and a whole lot easier than waxing and buffing. Has
anyone tried this stuff? Does it match its claims?

It is likely that the problems are with how long it lasts and how
difficult it is to remove before you reapply. But no, I don't have
any experience with it although we've used Penetrol and before that we
used a similar product -name escapes me at the moment.

grandma Rosalie

"Gogarty" wrote in message
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WEatched a man anoint his boat with Poli Glow yesterday. Sure looked
good at first glance and a whole lot easier than waxing and buffing. Has
anyone tried this stuff? Does it match its claims?

I've been using it with good success for a few years. Many folks on the
Catalina 30 list use it also and are almost uniformly happy with the
results.

I've heard a few complaints about the difficulty in removing it but that has
not been true in my experience. I had to remove the Poliglow on the port and
starboard quarter to have lettering put on the boat and it was not difficult
to remove using the Poliglow remover.

--Alan Gomes

Mys Terry wrote:
I've used Poliglow for years

Would you happen to know about the shelf life? I ordered the stuff in
March '04 but never got around to using it. It's still in its
unopened bottle. Do you suppose it's still good?

Rick

Gogarty wrote:
WEatched a man anoint his boat with Poli Glow yesterday. Sure looked
good at first glance and a whole lot easier than waxing and buffing. Has
anyone tried this stuff? Does it match its claims?

yes I've used a similar product called Nu-glass. As long as you have a
chemically clean surface and take your time applying the material as
directed it does a fantastic job. Like another poster said, the hull
looks wet all the time. Our first try with this stuff lasted 4 seasons
before the south side of the boat started to weather. Removing it is
relatively easy. Avoid ammonia. It's supposed to work but we didn't
have much success with it. Just make sure your stripper is oxalic acid
based. Wipe it on, and the acrylic just sloughs off. Use a power
washer and it goes even faster. Careful with the oxalic acid though.
Apparently it permeates the cell membranes of the skin, and doesn't play
well with your internal organs.

The only complaint I've heard (from anyone that's actually used Poly Glow,
plenty of bs from others) was a guy that only put on a couple of coats and
didn't use the prep.
I did the prep and 5 coats in an afternoon on my GS 41. A neighbor in the
boat yard waxed and buffed his boat, took 2 days and still didn't look
anywhere near as good as Poly Glow.
That was 3 years ago. Love the stuff.
MMC
"Gogarty" wrote in message
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WEatched a man anoint his boat with Poli Glow yesterday. Sure looked
good at first glance and a whole lot easier than waxing and buffing. Has
anyone tried this stuff? Does it match its claims?