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On Jun 6, 2:57*pm, Oscar wrote:
On 6/6/2012 2:16 PM, *e#c wrote: On Jun 6, 9:27 am, *wrote: On 6/6/2012 12:03 AM, *e#c wrote: On Jun 5, 8:06 pm, John * *wrote: ...a nice clean boat. http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...laneous%202012....... Wax results: http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...laneous%202012.... Very nice! Where do I park my Boat for a wax job??? At your local Maaco shop Can they buff out the faded gelcoat..... The guy who sold me the Boat 4 years ago, listed the color as " brown ". It's SUPPOSED to be " Snap- On Toolbox Red ".....lol. All top deck surfaces are a kind of " Salmon " color...... People up here want 20 bucks a foot....... If I get this right....that's about *$400.00 Maybe you should paint it. A friend suggested that, but what would you use? Its fiberglass, and I've been told once you DO paint it, it`ll flake after a few years and you`ll be painting it again, and again. The white parts are fine, it`s just the red parts that have SEVERE oxidization. |
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#2
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On Wed, 6 Jun 2012 13:57:49 -0700 (PDT), "*e#c" wrote:
On Jun 6, 2:57*pm, Oscar wrote: On 6/6/2012 2:16 PM, *e#c wrote: On Jun 6, 9:27 am, *wrote: On 6/6/2012 12:03 AM, *e#c wrote: On Jun 5, 8:06 pm, John * *wrote: ...a nice clean boat. http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...laneous%202012...... Wax results: http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...laneous%202012... Very nice! Where do I park my Boat for a wax job??? At your local Maaco shop Can they buff out the faded gelcoat..... The guy who sold me the Boat 4 years ago, listed the color as " brown ". It's SUPPOSED to be " Snap- On Toolbox Red ".....lol. All top deck surfaces are a kind of " Salmon " color...... People up here want 20 bucks a foot....... If I get this right....that's about *$400.00 Maybe you should paint it. A friend suggested that, but what would you use? Its fiberglass, and I've been told once you DO paint it, it`ll flake after a few years and you`ll be painting it again, and again. The white parts are fine, it`s just the red parts that have SEVERE oxidization. Have you tried 'Finess It' or another oxidation remover on the bad part? |
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#3
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On 6/6/2012 4:57 PM, *e#c wrote:
On Jun 6, 2:57 pm, wrote: On 6/6/2012 2:16 PM, *e#c wrote: On Jun 6, 9:27 am, wrote: On 6/6/2012 12:03 AM, *e#c wrote: On Jun 5, 8:06 pm, John wrote: ...a nice clean boat. http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...laneous%202012...... Wax results: http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...laneous%202012... Very nice! Where do I park my Boat for a wax job??? At your local Maaco shop Can they buff out the faded gelcoat..... The guy who sold me the Boat 4 years ago, listed the color as " brown ". It's SUPPOSED to be " Snap- On Toolbox Red ".....lol. All top deck surfaces are a kind of " Salmon " color...... People up here want 20 bucks a foot....... If I get this right....that's about $400.00 Maybe you should paint it. A friend suggested that, but what would you use? Its fiberglass, and I've been told once you DO paint it, it`ll flake after a few years and you`ll be painting it again, and again. The white parts are fine, it`s just the red parts that have SEVERE oxidization. If the coating is intact I would probably just buff the pink and protect it with wax or whatever and be good with it... |
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#4
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On 6/6/2012 4:57 PM, *e#c wrote:
On Jun 6, 2:57 pm, wrote: On 6/6/2012 2:16 PM, *e#c wrote: On Jun 6, 9:27 am, wrote: On 6/6/2012 12:03 AM, *e#c wrote: On Jun 5, 8:06 pm, John wrote: ...a nice clean boat. http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...laneous%202012...... Wax results: http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...laneous%202012... Very nice! Where do I park my Boat for a wax job??? At your local Maaco shop Can they buff out the faded gelcoat..... The guy who sold me the Boat 4 years ago, listed the color as " brown ". It's SUPPOSED to be " Snap- On Toolbox Red ".....lol. All top deck surfaces are a kind of " Salmon " color...... People up here want 20 bucks a foot....... If I get this right....that's about $400.00 Maybe you should paint it. A friend suggested that, but what would you use? Its fiberglass, and I've been told once you DO paint it, it`ll flake after a few years and you`ll be painting it again, and again. The white parts are fine, it`s just the red parts that have SEVERE oxidization. Then just paint the red part with awlgrip. |
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#5
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On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:04:41 -0400, Oscar wrote:
On 6/6/2012 4:57 PM, *e#c wrote: On Jun 6, 2:57 pm, wrote: On 6/6/2012 2:16 PM, *e#c wrote: On Jun 6, 9:27 am, wrote: On 6/6/2012 12:03 AM, *e#c wrote: On Jun 5, 8:06 pm, John wrote: ...a nice clean boat. http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...laneous%202012...... Wax results: http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...laneous%202012... Very nice! Where do I park my Boat for a wax job??? At your local Maaco shop Can they buff out the faded gelcoat..... The guy who sold me the Boat 4 years ago, listed the color as " brown ". It's SUPPOSED to be " Snap- On Toolbox Red ".....lol. All top deck surfaces are a kind of " Salmon " color...... People up here want 20 bucks a foot....... If I get this right....that's about $400.00 Maybe you should paint it. A friend suggested that, but what would you use? Its fiberglass, and I've been told once you DO paint it, it`ll flake after a few years and you`ll be painting it again, and again. The white parts are fine, it`s just the red parts that have SEVERE oxidization. Then just paint the red part with awlgrip. I wouldn't paint it until I'd tried to deoxidize the damn thing. |
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#6
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On 6/7/2012 10:43 AM, John H. wrote:
On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:04:41 -0400, wrote: On 6/6/2012 4:57 PM, *e#c wrote: On Jun 6, 2:57 pm, wrote: On 6/6/2012 2:16 PM, *e#c wrote: On Jun 6, 9:27 am, wrote: On 6/6/2012 12:03 AM, *e#c wrote: On Jun 5, 8:06 pm, John wrote: ...a nice clean boat. http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...laneous%202012...... Wax results: http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...laneous%202012... Very nice! Where do I park my Boat for a wax job??? At your local Maaco shop Can they buff out the faded gelcoat..... The guy who sold me the Boat 4 years ago, listed the color as " brown ". It's SUPPOSED to be " Snap- On Toolbox Red ".....lol. All top deck surfaces are a kind of " Salmon " color...... People up here want 20 bucks a foot....... If I get this right....that's about $400.00 Maybe you should paint it. A friend suggested that, but what would you use? Its fiberglass, and I've been told once you DO paint it, it`ll flake after a few years and you`ll be painting it again, and again. The white parts are fine, it`s just the red parts that have SEVERE oxidization. Then just paint the red part with awlgrip. I wouldn't paint it until I'd tried to deoxidize the damn thing. I can't see any advantage to painting it... Just gonna' look like hell and cause more work. |
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#7
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On 6/7/2012 10:44 AM, JustWait wrote:
On 6/7/2012 10:43 AM, John H. wrote: On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:04:41 -0400, wrote: On 6/6/2012 4:57 PM, *e#c wrote: On Jun 6, 2:57 pm, wrote: On 6/6/2012 2:16 PM, *e#c wrote: On Jun 6, 9:27 am, wrote: On 6/6/2012 12:03 AM, *e#c wrote: On Jun 5, 8:06 pm, John wrote: ...a nice clean boat. http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...laneous%202012...... Wax results: http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...laneous%202012... Very nice! Where do I park my Boat for a wax job??? At your local Maaco shop Can they buff out the faded gelcoat..... The guy who sold me the Boat 4 years ago, listed the color as " brown ". It's SUPPOSED to be " Snap- On Toolbox Red ".....lol. All top deck surfaces are a kind of " Salmon " color...... People up here want 20 bucks a foot....... If I get this right....that's about $400.00 Maybe you should paint it. A friend suggested that, but what would you use? Its fiberglass, and I've been told once you DO paint it, it`ll flake after a few years and you`ll be painting it again, and again. The white parts are fine, it`s just the red parts that have SEVERE oxidization. Then just paint the red part with awlgrip. I wouldn't paint it until I'd tried to deoxidize the damn thing. I can't see any advantage to painting it... Just gonna' look like hell and cause more work. Anything that has red OXIDE color for a base is bound to oxidize. Paint it blue. ;-) |
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#8
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On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 10:55:33 -0400, Oscar wrote:
Paint it blue. ;-) === Only if all else fails. |
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#9
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On Jun 7, 10:43*am, John H. wrote:
On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:04:41 -0400, Oscar wrote: On 6/6/2012 4:57 PM, *e#c wrote: On Jun 6, 2:57 pm, *wrote: On 6/6/2012 2:16 PM, *e#c wrote: On Jun 6, 9:27 am, * *wrote: On 6/6/2012 12:03 AM, *e#c wrote: On Jun 5, 8:06 pm, John * * *wrote: ...a nice clean boat. http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...laneous%202012...... Wax results: http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...laneous%202012... Very nice! Where do I park my Boat for a wax job??? At your local Maaco shop Can they buff out the faded gelcoat..... The guy who sold me the Boat 4 years ago, listed the color as " brown ". It's SUPPOSED to be " Snap- On Toolbox Red ".....lol. All top deck surfaces are a kind of " Salmon " color...... People up here want 20 bucks a foot....... If I get this right....that's about *$400.00 Maybe you should paint it. A friend suggested that, but what would you use? Its fiberglass, and I've been told once you DO paint it, it`ll flake after a few years and you`ll be painting it again, and again. The white parts are fine, it`s just the red parts that have SEVERE oxidization. Then just paint the red part with awlgrip. I wouldn't paint it until I'd tried to deoxidize the damn thing. I have used the 3M Ultra Heavy Duty Rubbing Compound using a machine.....it did very little..... Im almost ready to " wet-sand " it with 1000 grit. |
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#10
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On 6/7/2012 4:21 PM, *e#c wrote:
On Jun 7, 10:43 am, John wrote: On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:04:41 -0400, wrote: On 6/6/2012 4:57 PM, *e#c wrote: On Jun 6, 2:57 pm, wrote: On 6/6/2012 2:16 PM, *e#c wrote: On Jun 6, 9:27 am, wrote: On 6/6/2012 12:03 AM, *e#c wrote: On Jun 5, 8:06 pm, John wrote: ...a nice clean boat. http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...laneous%202012...... Wax results: http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...laneous%202012... Very nice! Where do I park my Boat for a wax job??? At your local Maaco shop Can they buff out the faded gelcoat..... The guy who sold me the Boat 4 years ago, listed the color as " brown ". It's SUPPOSED to be " Snap- On Toolbox Red ".....lol. All top deck surfaces are a kind of " Salmon " color...... People up here want 20 bucks a foot....... If I get this right....that's about $400.00 Maybe you should paint it. A friend suggested that, but what would you use? Its fiberglass, and I've been told once you DO paint it, it`ll flake after a few years and you`ll be painting it again, and again. The white parts are fine, it`s just the red parts that have SEVERE oxidization. Then just paint the red part with awlgrip. I wouldn't paint it until I'd tried to deoxidize the damn thing. I have used the 3M Ultra Heavy Duty Rubbing Compound using a machine.....it did very little..... Im almost ready to " wet-sand " it with 1000 grit. If you do the prep and masking, I'll bet Maaco will spray it for a song |
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