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Penetrating question
Skip Gundlach wrote:
I've got a fiberglass boat which could use some luster restoration. ??? I missed the *REPORT*! What was the result of The Search?! I've heard reports, but none first-hand, about Penetrol. Some have said direct opposites - that it gives a great, deep, restoration, and that it doesn't work, and causes long-term dullness, but I don't recall any who had personally used it. Our hull is 30 years old and original gel coat. The heavy-duty fiberglass pastes really do work pretty well. After 3 or 4 springs of not bothering, I got around to it this year and brought it back to pretty much mirror in a day, using just the handy drill and 5" buffer. I've seen a few of the oils and coatings and they DO look good at first, but I haven't seen anything that lasted any better than plain old Maguirers (sp?) in the long run without as much work as compounding and re-waxing each season. -- Jere Lull Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD) Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ |
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Penetrating question
Hi, Jere, and any others who may be looking in, curious,
"Jere Lull" wrote in message ... Skip Gundlach wrote: I've got a fiberglass boat which could use some luster restoration. ??? I missed the *REPORT*! What was the result of The Search?! We're in recovery mode at the moment, having done a huge amount of time and research/travel, etc., which those following it know about. The boat(s) referred to above and in the subject line are my ski boat and an I/O runabout which I'll sell when I move aboard my 'real' boat. The closest we've gotten is to inch toward an offer on a Gulfstar44 in the Tampa area (thus the posting about weather and sea trials). There are some very nervous-making inconsistencies about this boat, along with its being bigger than we really would prefer, and, unless subject to a real lowball, out of our price range. That said, so far, the only boat I've been on which I can stand in (I brush the soft liner in some areas, but can't find anything hard under it with my head despite all attempts at standing tall) which also has a closed galley and a queen berth-able size, along with suitable topsides and interior storage, is a GS44, seen in the second trip which was done to go back to a couple of short-listers (which both failed on review). Another seen in that trip, on the shortlist, also abandoned on review, was an Endeavour 42, marvelous in all regards other than tiny exterior storage (two cooler-sized lazarettes) and lesser interior storage. We'd seen that boat on the hard in FTL when we were there the first time... Pleas for suggestions on others meeting our newly (well, in June, following our dash through FL's perimeter for over 80 candidates) formulated parameters were met with deafening silence, so we presume that unless we move well into the 6-digit range and perhaps over 45', there aren't any of that ilk in production boats. I've got a sketched design for what I'd consider to be an ideal layout for a cruising boat, but it would have such a limited market I doubt it's been produced, and, certainly, I'm/we're in no position to have one built on a hull/deck frame. So, thanks for asking. I'll take this over to a new topic and expand a bit on it. L8R Skip and Lydia -- "And then again, when you sit at the helm of your little ship on a clear night, and gaze at the countless stars overhead, and realize that you are quite alone on a great, wide sea, it is apt to occur to you that in the general scheme of things you are merely an insignificant speck on the surface of the ocean; and are not nearly so important or as self-sufficient as you thought you were. Which is an exceedingly wholesome thought, and one that may effect a permanent change in your deportment that will be greatly appreciated by your friends."- James S. Pitkin |
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