It's getting about that time of the year that I need to have my boat hauled
out and the bottom painted.

While it's out, I am going to polish and wax the hull. I remember seeing
something on "Ship Shape TV" about a fiberglass compound called "Yacht
Brite". I looked on the web and see that the company has several products.
The one that they talked about on the show was an abrasive compound that
started out coarse and broke down to a very fine polishing compound as you
use it.

Anyone have any experience with this product? I have a 32 foot sport
fisher. It's a 1995 model and the gelcoat is starting to get a bit chalky.
Would you recommend the Yacht Brite polish for this job? If so, how much
should I buy?

I WANTED to compound and wax the boat AFTER the marina painted the bottom,
but their schedule and mine don't exactly match up and it looks like I am
going to have to do it BEFORE they paint it. I am a bit concerned about
getting wax on the bottom of the boat and causing problems with the paint
sticking etc. The marina said that it would not be a problem and for me not
to worry about it. What do you think? Also, can I realistically plan on
polishing and waxing the boat in a weekend (I have a friend helping me)?
It's a 4 hour drive from my home to my boat and I am only going to have one
weekend to work on it while it's out of the water before they paint it.

Thanks!

Gary

On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 05:32:45 GMT, "Gary"
wrote:

It's getting about that time of the year that I need to have my boat hauled
out and the bottom painted.

While it's out, I am going to polish and wax the hull. I remember seeing
something on "Ship Shape TV" about a fiberglass compound called "Yacht
Brite". I looked on the web and see that the company has several products.
The one that they talked about on the show was an abrasive compound that
started out coarse and broke down to a very fine polishing compound as you
use it.

Anyone have any experience with this product? I have a 32 foot sport
fisher. It's a 1995 model and the gelcoat is starting to get a bit chalky.
Would you recommend the Yacht Brite polish for this job? If so, how much
should I buy?

I WANTED to compound and wax the boat AFTER the marina painted the bottom,
but their schedule and mine don't exactly match up and it looks like I am
going to have to do it BEFORE they paint it. I am a bit concerned about
getting wax on the bottom of the boat and causing problems with the paint
sticking etc. The marina said that it would not be a problem and for me not
to worry about it. What do you think? Also, can I realistically plan on
polishing and waxing the boat in a weekend (I have a friend helping me)?
It's a 4 hour drive from my home to my boat and I am only going to have one
weekend to work on it while it's out of the water before they paint it.

I used straight old rubbing compound when I bought the Ranger and
Nu-Finish twice a year - damn boat looks like new.

The Contender gets a harder wax like Mequires - it takes more time,
but the end results are terrific. Just a quick touch up over the
summer with Nu-Finish and it's bootifool.

Just as an aside, I used a product pumped by John Greviskis and it
sucked.

Later,

Tom

Do you remember what the product was that sucked? I hope it wasn't Yacht
Brite. It looked great on the show and I'm hoping for similar results, but
if it sucked, I'll use something else.

Thanks Tom!

Gary


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 05:32:45 GMT, "Gary"
wrote:

It's getting about that time of the year that I need to have my boat
hauled
out and the bottom painted.

While it's out, I am going to polish and wax the hull. I remember seeing
something on "Ship Shape TV" about a fiberglass compound called "Yacht
Brite". I looked on the web and see that the company has several
products.
The one that they talked about on the show was an abrasive compound that
started out coarse and broke down to a very fine polishing compound as
you
use it.

Anyone have any experience with this product? I have a 32 foot sport
fisher. It's a 1995 model and the gelcoat is starting to get a bit
chalky.
Would you recommend the Yacht Brite polish for this job? If so, how much
should I buy?

I WANTED to compound and wax the boat AFTER the marina painted the
bottom,
but their schedule and mine don't exactly match up and it looks like I am
going to have to do it BEFORE they paint it. I am a bit concerned about
getting wax on the bottom of the boat and causing problems with the paint
sticking etc. The marina said that it would not be a problem and for me
not
to worry about it. What do you think? Also, can I realistically plan on
polishing and waxing the boat in a weekend (I have a friend helping me)?
It's a 4 hour drive from my home to my boat and I am only going to have
one
weekend to work on it while it's out of the water before they paint it.

I used straight old rubbing compound when I bought the Ranger and
Nu-Finish twice a year - damn boat looks like new.

The Contender gets a harder wax like Mequires - it takes more time,
but the end results are terrific. Just a quick touch up over the
summer with Nu-Finish and it's bootifool.

Just as an aside, I used a product pumped by John Greviskis and it
sucked.

Later,

Tom

Here is what I did to get the best and longest lasting results:

1. Wash the boat exterior.

2. Polish the entire outer surface using 3M Finesse It II polishing
compound and applying and removing it with a Porter Cable 7424 random
orbital polisher.

3. Apply 2 coats of Collinite Fleet Wax paste, buffing it out with the
electric polisher.

I would normally rewax again mid season, again using the Collinite.

The exterior looked great all season.

On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 17:57:26 GMT, "me" wrote:


Do you remember what the product was that sucked? I hope it wasn't Yacht
Brite. It looked great on the show and I'm hoping for similar results, but
if it sucked, I'll use something else.

No - it wasn't Yacht Brite - it was something else for aluminum.
Can't remember right off the top of my head. All I know is that it
was a bitch to apply and take off.

Later,

Tom