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On Jun 5, 7:06*pm, John H. wrote:
...a nice clean boat. .. Wax results: http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...laneous%202012... Wow, John. That's one nice finish. What type of wax did you use? |
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On Jun 5, 8:06*pm, John H. 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??? |
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On Tue, 5 Jun 2012 20:11:59 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:
On Jun 5, 7:06*pm, John H. wrote: ...a nice clean boat. . Wax results: http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...laneous%202012... Wow, John. That's one nice finish. What type of wax did you use? That stuff I mentioned in another thread - Turtle Wax Ice. |
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On Tue, 5 Jun 2012 21:03:10 -0700 (PDT), "*e#c" wrote:
On Jun 5, 8:06*pm, John H. 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??? Right out front! I'll supply the micro fiber rags and take pictures when you're done! |
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On Jun 6, 7:08*am, John H. wrote:
On Tue, 5 Jun 2012 20:11:59 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: On Jun 5, 7:06 pm, John H. wrote: ...a nice clean boat. . Wax results: http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...laneous%202012.... Wow, John. That's one nice finish. What type of wax did you use? That stuff I mentioned in another thread - Turtle Wax Ice. Yeah... I eventually saw that. |
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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 |
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On Jun 6, 9:27*am, Oscar 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 |
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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. |
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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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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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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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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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John H. wrote:
...a nice clean boat. http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...2/MNV_0010.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...2/MNV_0012.jpg Wax results: http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...2/MNV_0011.jpg Nice, John! It's ready for more water! |
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*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 Do it yourself. It's easy and there are products made for that oxidization. red it one of the toughest colors on a boats. |
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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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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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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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On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 10:55:33 -0400, Oscar wrote:
Paint it blue. ;-) === Only if all else fails. |
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On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:07:59 -0400, Earl wrote:
John H. wrote: ...a nice clean boat. http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...2/MNV_0010.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...2/MNV_0012.jpg Wax results: http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...2/MNV_0011.jpg Nice, John! It's ready for more water! Thanks, and you're right. It's back at the Quantico Marina now, all prettied up. Soon as we get back from Alaska it'll be out on the water! |
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"*e#c" wrote in message
... On Jun 6, 9:27 am, Oscar 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Probably a fair price. My last detail on my truck was $275 and is was not all faded. That was clean the interior and claybar and wax the exterior. |
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"*e#c" wrote in message
... 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. -------------------------------------- good paint job should not flake off. Look at Corvettes and lots of high end yachts are painted. My aluminum boat went 15 years before it was repainted. But your older fiberglass boat is probably not worth dropping a lot of money in to it. |
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On Jun 7, 2:09*pm, "Califbill" wrote:
"*e#c" *wrote in message ... 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. -------------------------------------- good paint job should not flake off. *Look at Corvettes and lots of high end yachts are painted. *My aluminum boat went 15 years before it was repainted. But your older fiberglass boat is probably not worth dropping a lot of money in to it. Ya, Buddy who suggested painting it has owned several fiberglass Vettes. He told me about a " flex-agent" or some special stuff to put in the paint . Awlgrip listed at $295.00 per gallon....US. I dont know the price over here, but found a couple Dealers within a 60 mile radius of me. Then, he showed me " Chameleon Paint"....this stuff is WILD !!!! Its about a thousand a gallon......... The optical effect off of it is too crazy to even describe. Google it....it'll blow you away !!!! |
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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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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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On Thu, 7 Jun 2012 13:21:28 -0700 (PDT), "*e#c" wrote:
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. If that didn't work, then maybe sanding and painting is the way to go. If you sanded it and masked it, I wonder what MAACO would charge to paint it. Might be worth taking a photo down to them to see what they say. If it's sanded, primed, and painted, I'd think it might last a good while. |
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On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:43:26 -0400, Oscar wrote:
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 GMTA - every time. |
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"*e#c" wrote in message
... On Jun 7, 2:09 pm, "Califbill" wrote: "*e#c" wrote in message ... 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. -------------------------------------- good paint job should not flake off. Look at Corvettes and lots of high end yachts are painted. My aluminum boat went 15 years before it was repainted. But your older fiberglass boat is probably not worth dropping a lot of money in to it. Ya, Buddy who suggested painting it has owned several fiberglass Vettes. He told me about a " flex-agent" or some special stuff to put in the paint . Awlgrip listed at $295.00 per gallon....US. I dont know the price over here, but found a couple Dealers within a 60 mile radius of me. Then, he showed me " Chameleon Paint"....this stuff is WILD !!!! Its about a thousand a gallon......... The optical effect off of it is too crazy to even describe. Google it....it'll blow you away !!!! ---------------------------------- Cheaper than that by at least 50%. I think Ford was the first one to use the stuff. Could not touch up a small area. I think the secret is magnetized metal flakes that line up on end so the angle of viewing gets different colors. |
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On 6/7/2012 4:18 PM, *e#c wrote:
On Jun 7, 2:09 pm, wrote: "*e#c" wrote in message ... 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. -------------------------------------- good paint job should not flake off. Look at Corvettes and lots of high end yachts are painted. My aluminum boat went 15 years before it was repainted. But your older fiberglass boat is probably not worth dropping a lot of money in to it. Ya, Buddy who suggested painting it has owned several fiberglass Vettes. He told me about a " flex-agent" or some special stuff to put in the paint . Awlgrip listed at $295.00 per gallon....US. I dont know the price over here, but found a couple Dealers within a 60 mile radius of me. Then, he showed me " Chameleon Paint"....this stuff is WILD !!!! Its about a thousand a gallon......... The optical effect off of it is too crazy to even describe. Google it....it'll blow you away !!!! Stuff is crazy.. We just saw it last week when we dropped her off at her Senior Reception. One of her friends dad dropped her off in one, we got to see it up close, it was the brown to blue transition... Pretty cool really, I remember the first time I saw one drive by a couple years ago at an intersection, just incredible... |
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On 6/7/2012 9:49 PM, Califbill wrote:
"*e#c" wrote in message ... On Jun 7, 2:09 pm, "Califbill" wrote: "*e#c" wrote in message ... 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. -------------------------------------- good paint job should not flake off. Look at Corvettes and lots of high end yachts are painted. My aluminum boat went 15 years before it was repainted. But your older fiberglass boat is probably not worth dropping a lot of money in to it. Ya, Buddy who suggested painting it has owned several fiberglass Vettes. He told me about a " flex-agent" or some special stuff to put in the paint . Awlgrip listed at $295.00 per gallon....US. I dont know the price over here, but found a couple Dealers within a 60 mile radius of me. Then, he showed me " Chameleon Paint"....this stuff is WILD !!!! Its about a thousand a gallon......... The optical effect off of it is too crazy to even describe. Google it....it'll blow you away !!!! ---------------------------------- Cheaper than that by at least 50%. I think Ford was the first one to use the stuff. Could not touch up a small area. I think the secret is magnetized metal flakes that line up on end so the angle of viewing gets different colors. It's not real flakey like I expected it to be. |
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On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:19:29 -0400, John H.
wrote: Im almost ready to " wet-sand " it with 1000 grit. === You can go all the way to 2000 grit but you need an air tool to wet sand safely. You'll still need to buff it out and wax it even after 2000 grit. |
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On Thu, 7 Jun 2012 18:49:34 -0700, "Califbill"
wrote: Awlgrip listed at $295.00 per gallon....US. I dont know the price over here, but found a couple Dealers within a 60 mile radius of me. === Awlgrip is tricky to brush and *very* dangerous to spray unless you've got the full moon suit with an external positive pressure feed. |
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