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Headhunter
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Initially Posted - 07/21/2007 :  10:39:53  Show Profile
Is there a consensus on the best fiberglass care products out there? I suppose one would have to consider an ease of use to results ratio.

Vertglass?
Poli-Glow?
New Glass?
Others?
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 07/21/2007 :  12:04:32  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
Deck? Hull? under the waterline?

Vertglass is supposed to be the shizzle. I stick with soap and water and sometimes an occasional wax. - not worth the effort for all that other nonsense, especially when I could be sailing instead - I promised meinert I'd try the Vertglass though - maybe in the fall
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Headhunter
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Response Posted - 07/21/2007 :  12:26:34  Show Profile
Thinking more of the deck (other than the non-slip) and cockpit. For the hull I prefer a good cutting compound and fleetwax.
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 07/21/2007 :  13:09:23  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
One year I waxed the stuff that wasn't nonskid with the 3M product cleaner/restorer/finisher all in one. One year I stupidly waxed the entire thing. Mostly we've used Boat Zoap (brandname, not a typo) and StarBrites deck and non-skid cleaner without putting on any brightening agent, wax etc.

here are a few threads on this matter
http://catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=14575&SearchTerms=vert,glass,vertglass

http://catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=14180&SearchTerms=vert,glass,vertglass
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Stu Jackson C34
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Response Posted - 07/21/2007 :  16:16:33  Show Profile
Clay, here is another link, see reply #7: http://www.sailboatowners.com/forums/pviewall.tpl?&fno=21&uid=73200280089&sku=2007201171455.21
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 07/22/2007 :  20:57:39  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Headhunter</i>
<br />Is there a consensus on the best fiberglass care products out there?
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No.

On the deck, I use regular 3M Marine wax. Easy on, easy off. I just washed my boat a few hours ago and the water still beads.
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dave holtgrave
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Response Posted - 07/23/2007 :  10:36:07  Show Profile
don
did you use it on the non skid???

if so, any slickness with boat shoes??

dave holtgrave
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 07/23/2007 :  13:27:32  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by dave holtgrave</i>
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did you use it on the non skid???<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Shhh...Don't tell anyone, but yes, I waxed the nonskid too.

As for it being slippery, I, nor anyone else, has had any issues with a slippery deck. Most, if not all, of my sailing is done bare footed.
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