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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 04/25/2009 :  07:39:31  Show Profile
Daren, congratulations. It feels good to have the boat looking sharp! They key to maintaining that good look is to add another coat or two at the beginning and end of each season. Now get that boat in the water!
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Sam001
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Response Posted - 03/16/2012 :  10:38:37  Show Profile
It has been a few years since this thread Anyone have updates now that it has been used for a while?
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Joe Diver
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TakeFive
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Response Posted - 03/16/2012 :  11:46:58  Show Profile
http://www.catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=23694
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Sam001
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Response Posted - 03/17/2012 :  06:02:14  Show Profile
Thanks for the update thread. Good news for the stuff-I think the way descirbed to use wax is in the cockpit area also makes sense.
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keeldad
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Response Posted - 03/17/2012 :  06:42:59  Show Profile
The thread is back and just in time. I am planning on using Polyglow on the Emery C and my '76 Mako 22 this year. What about vinyl lettering? Do you go around it or Polyglow over it?
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 03/17/2012 :  18:20:51  Show Profile
John
When I changed my lettering for Passage a few years ago, first I stripped off the old Poliglow using the solvent, then I wiped her down with Acetone, then applied the letters and went over EVERYTHING with poliglow. Letters and all. I did six coats - they went on really quickly.
Seems to preserve the lettering.
They also suggest never to apply the lettering on top of poliglow.
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keeldad
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Response Posted - 03/19/2012 :  05:57:18  Show Profile
Thanks Bruce. The lettering is on and I'm happy with the way it looks. I just wasn't sure whether Poliglow would damage the vinyl. Apparently that's not the case.
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Sam001
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Response Posted - 03/19/2012 :  07:10:24  Show Profile
The poliglow is now on Bobbin. will see how he looks in a few days
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Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 03/19/2012 :  16:52:35  Show Profile
How does it look right now Sam?
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Sam001
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Response Posted - 03/19/2012 :  17:31:08  Show Profile
fortunately...I had the hull and the top done
it looks great hull was done the old way
9 or 10 trips around the boat
first acid
then buffer with various grits until 1000 polish
now very very nice
so nice the neighbor across the street came over sat to get the guy to do his!
I am doing the cockpit with 3M restorer wax
all in all
I am pleased
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Sam001
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Response Posted - 03/19/2012 :  17:31:41  Show Profile
and he left the poly kit left overs for me
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 03/20/2012 :  08:17:36  Show Profile
For future reference, Poli Glow doesn't need shiny gelcoat--just <i>very clean</i> gelcoat. It makes the shine (and makes any stains or marks "permanent").

One day, as I was putting a spring dress-coat on old Passage, a yard worker wandered over from the wax-buff job she (yup) was doing, to see what I was doing. She was amazed by how easy it was and how great it looked. She asked how long it lasted, and I told her to look at the other side of the hull.
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TakeFive
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Response Posted - 03/20/2012 :  08:44:56  Show Profile
As I've mentioned elsewhere, I do not use Poliglow on my hull. Because it's relatively new and free of oxidation, it responds fine to traditional wax.

However, the boot stripe is another story. It is chalky. When I compound the stripe it looks great when wet, but after drying gets that chalky look again. I am concerned that if I compound out all the surface roughness, I might actually take off the stripe.

However, Poliglow might be the best way to fill in the surface roughness and keep that "wet look" without excessive compounding that could damage the stripe. So I'm considering just doing a mild compound of the stripe to remove oxidation, then masking off the boot stripe and applying Poliglow to the boot stripe only.

Do any of you have any experience with a limited application such as this? Do you think Poliglow might be the best way to go for this?
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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 03/20/2012 :  09:57:53  Show Profile  Visit OLarryR's Homepage
Rick,

I do not think you will have any problem with just applying the Poliglow to the stripe. I havve not used Poliglow with a limited application such as that but I do the entire topsides with Poliglow including the stripe but I use wax in the cockpit.

Personally, for someone that has the time to wax there boat periodically so they do not have to use oxidation cleaners from waiting too long between waxings, over the long haul, wax works great. That's what I do in the cockpit area. But since I keep my boat in year-round, it becomes hard to periodically wax the topsides and that's why Poliglow works well with it being easy to apply. However, Poliglow does impart a slight off-white tint.
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TakeFive
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Response Posted - 03/20/2012 :  10:06:26  Show Profile
Yes, the off-white tint is one other reason I don't use it on this boat.

FYI, I did try to wax the boot stripe last year and it came back chalked again. I think I'll have to try a small test patch first and see if the Poliglow has the intended effect. But offhand, I think that a good cleaning with their blue cleaner, followed by a good film build of Poliglow, would likely give a nice deep color, and the off-white would not be noticeable over the navy blue boot stripe.
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Sam001
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Response Posted - 03/20/2012 :  18:23:39  Show Profile
Ok I just pulled the wall between the dumpster and the quarterberth
thinking of cetol on the inside and kilz on the dumpster side
thoughts?
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