On May 31, 5:21*pm, wf3h wrote:
Got my old boat in the water, so waxing the hull is out. but i'd like
to polish up the areas i can reach. there's a bit of chalk on the
coat, so what's the best way to get a good, protective shine? thanks
all

You need to get the damaged gelcoat off first. Any decent polishing
compound and some elbow grease. Follow with wax. If you keep it waxed
with a good wax that will reduce the future chalking.

On 6/1/2011 7:59 AM, jamesgangnc wrote:
On May 31, 5:21 pm, wrote:
Got my old boat in the water, so waxing the hull is out. but i'd like
to polish up the areas i can reach. there's a bit of chalk on the
coat, so what's the best way to get a good, protective shine? thanks
all
You need to get the damaged gelcoat off first. Any decent polishing
compound and some elbow grease. Follow with wax. If you keep it waxed
with a good wax that will reduce the future chalking.
The boat is already in the water. What you suggest is good but the boat
needs to be on the hard to do a good job of it.

On Jun 1, 10:05*am, Florida Jim wrote:
On 6/1/2011 7:59 AM, jamesgangnc wrote: On May 31, 5:21 pm, *wrote:
Got my old boat in the water, so waxing the hull is out. but i'd like
to polish up the areas i can reach. there's a bit of chalk on the
coat, so what's the best way to get a good, protective shine? thanks
all
You need to get the damaged gelcoat off first. *Any decent polishing
compound and some elbow grease. *Follow with wax. If you keep it waxed
with a good wax that will reduce the future chalking.

The boat is already in the water. *What you suggest is good but the boat
needs to be on the hard to do a good job of it.

No it doesn't. Just run it in some shallow water and work on it.

On Wed, 1 Jun 2011 04:59:06 -0700 (PDT), jamesgangnc
wrote:

On May 31, 5:21*pm, wf3h wrote:
Got my old boat in the water, so waxing the hull is out. but i'd like
to polish up the areas i can reach. there's a bit of chalk on the
coat, so what's the best way to get a good, protective shine? thanks
all

You need to get the damaged gelcoat off first. Any decent polishing
compound and some elbow grease. Follow with wax. If you keep it waxed
with a good wax that will reduce the future chalking.

that's what I'm hoping...get it nice and polished up

On Tue, 31 May 2011 17:21:41 -0400, wf3h wrote:

Got my old boat in the water, so waxing the hull is out. but i'd like
to polish up the areas i can reach. there's a bit of chalk on the
coat, so what's the best way to get a good, protective shine? thanks
all

If it's chalky, you're going to need something to cut through the
oxidization. Look up 3M-09004. Best used with a polishing machine
but you can get good results by hand with some investment. You can
buy this is larger quantities for larger jobs. Worked very well on
the Tolly gelcoat.

Collinite Fleet Wax afterwards for the best protection. Pay attention
to the directions for best results. Don't let the fleet wax dry.

Buy a big bag of cotton towels at Costco for use with the compound
and/or removing the wax.

On Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:59:01 -0700, jps wrote:

On Tue, 31 May 2011 17:21:41 -0400, wf3h wrote:

Got my old boat in the water, so waxing the hull is out. but i'd like
to polish up the areas i can reach. there's a bit of chalk on the
coat, so what's the best way to get a good, protective shine? thanks
all

If it's chalky, you're going to need something to cut through the
oxidization. Look up 3M-09004. Best used with a polishing machine
but you can get good results by hand with some investment. You can
buy this is larger quantities for larger jobs. Worked very well on
the Tolly gelcoat.

Collinite Fleet Wax afterwards for the best protection. Pay attention
to the directions for best results. Don't let the fleet wax dry.

Buy a big bag of cotton towels at Costco for use with the compound
and/or removing the wax.

probably use a buffing pad on a drill...get it polished up a
bit...thanks for the help!

On Wed, 01 Jun 2011 22:49:23 -0400, wf3h wrote:

On Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:59:01 -0700, jps wrote:

On Tue, 31 May 2011 17:21:41 -0400, wf3h wrote:

Got my old boat in the water, so waxing the hull is out. but i'd like
to polish up the areas i can reach. there's a bit of chalk on the
coat, so what's the best way to get a good, protective shine? thanks
all

If it's chalky, you're going to need something to cut through the
oxidization. Look up 3M-09004. Best used with a polishing machine
but you can get good results by hand with some investment. You can
buy this is larger quantities for larger jobs. Worked very well on
the Tolly gelcoat.

Collinite Fleet Wax afterwards for the best protection. Pay attention
to the directions for best results. Don't let the fleet wax dry.

Buy a big bag of cotton towels at Costco for use with the compound
and/or removing the wax.

probably use a buffing pad on a drill...get it polished up a
bit...thanks for the help!

Yup, that'll do nicely. Hope it goes smoothly!

On Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:50:49 -0400, Gene
wrote:

On Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:59:01 -0700, jps wrote:

On Tue, 31 May 2011 17:21:41 -0400, wf3h wrote:

Got my old boat in the water, so waxing the hull is out. but i'd like
to polish up the areas i can reach. there's a bit of chalk on the
coat, so what's the best way to get a good, protective shine? thanks
all

If it's chalky, you're going to need something to cut through the
oxidization. Look up 3M-09004. Best used with a polishing machine
but you can get good results by hand with some investment. You can
buy this is larger quantities for larger jobs. Worked very well on
the Tolly gelcoat.

Collinite Fleet Wax afterwards for the best protection. Pay attention
to the directions for best results. Don't let the fleet wax dry.

Buy a big bag of cotton towels at Costco for use with the compound
and/or removing the wax.

Agreed, but I prefer this for heavily oxidized gelcoat....

http://www.boatersworld.com/product/MP80811349.htm

Looks good.