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kjk
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Initially Posted - 04/09/2017 :  13:47:16  Show Profile
In theory, its blue. It looks, currently, like this.



I assume its vinyl. Anyone have any ideas to restore the color? A compound makes it better, but hardly Bristol.
Kevin J. Kiely
Rockport, MA
1999WK
Hull # 407

Voyager
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Response Posted - 04/10/2017 :  17:33:13  Show Profile
Hmmmm. A few choices: you could try to remove the chalkiness, you could get a decal or you could mask it off and use 1 part or two part polyurethane paint. Mine is pretty worn out too but I'm ignoring it!
Bruce Ross
Passage ~ SR-FK ~ C25 #5032

Port Captain — Milford, CT
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kjk
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Response Posted - 04/10/2017 :  18:24:58  Show Profile
Stripe? What stripe? Sounds good to me...
Kevin J. Kiely
Rockport, MA
1999WK
Hull # 407
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TakeFive
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Response Posted - 04/10/2017 :  19:05:43  Show Profile
You're making this way too difficult. Wet sand with 2000 grit paper, then a thorough polish. This should completely remove the chalkiness and restore the original deep blue. (Verify after drying thoroughly.) Then seal it in with a good wax.

That's what I did on my C250, and will be doing the same thing on my C34MkII later this week.

Previous discussions:

http://www.catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=28939

http://catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=20734
Rick S., Swarthmore, PA
PO of Take Five, 1998 Catalina 250WK #348 (relocated to Baltimore's Inner Harbor)
New owner of 2001 Catalina 34MkII #1535 Breakin' Away (at Rock Hall Landing Marina)
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kjk
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Response Posted - 04/10/2017 :  19:11:34  Show Profile
Thanks Rick...wait, 2000 grit?
Kevin J. Kiely
Rockport, MA
1999WK
Hull # 407
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islander
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Response Posted - 04/11/2017 :  04:23:42  Show Profile
Rick is right, But It will only temporarily fix the colored Gelcoat for a few months. I use a buffing wheel to bring mine back to New condition every spring but it's all chalky by the end of summer. I was thinking of top coating it with PolyGlow like a clear coat on a car. Might work.
Scott-"IMPULSE"87'C25/SR/WK/Din.#5688
Sailing out of Glen Cove,L.I Sound


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TakeFive
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Response Posted - 04/11/2017 :  10:45:17  Show Profile
When I said polish, I meant using a rotating electric buffer. A good wax, like 885 fleet wax, should prevent chalking, although it will need annual maintenance just like the rest of your hull needs it to knock out oxidation.

Follow Maine Sail's instructions on Sailnet. It's in one of the links that I posted.
Rick S., Swarthmore, PA
PO of Take Five, 1998 Catalina 250WK #348 (relocated to Baltimore's Inner Harbor)
New owner of 2001 Catalina 34MkII #1535 Breakin' Away (at Rock Hall Landing Marina)
Edited by - TakeFive on 04/14/2017 05:10:53
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Tradewind
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Response Posted - 04/11/2017 :  17:22:22  Show Profile
What Rick said worked for me, only thing that brought mine back.
1998 250WK #331
CILCIA
Steve
Pensacola, FL
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 04/12/2017 :  07:49:24  Show Profile
I think it was Practical Sailor that said Cololnite's Insulator Wax was their longest lasting. The problems described for boot stripes here are sorta what I have with my whole dark green hull. I start with a light-duty rubbing compound... Then I was using Insulator Wax but started using Nu Finish--a non-wax, polymer car polish that really lasts and doesn't seem to build up like Poli GLow. "Wipe on, wipe off" like the Karate Kid. (Doesn't sound very "nautical", but......)
Dave Bristle
Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT
PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge
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