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cavebasin
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Initially Posted - 06/12/2016 : 18:45:43

For those who have used Poli Glow, did you use it only on the hull below rub rail or did you also use it on the exterior of cabin and cockpit area less the non slip surfaces. Inquiry minds would like to know. Thanks

Doug
1990 Catalina 25 WK/SR/Trad.

Stinkpotter
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 06/12/2016 : 19:49:15

Not I. In the cockpit I generally use something like 3-M cleaner-wax (rub on, wipe off). On deck and the cockpit sole, I only use Starbrite (or WM's version of the same thing) deck cleaner with a brush--it (supposedly and apparently) leaves a PTFE film to retard oxidation without making things slippery. Poli Glow was for the rub-rail down only, and served me very well.

Dave Bristle
Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT
PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage before going over to the Dark Side (2007-2025); now boatless for the first time since 1970 (on a Sunfish).

OLarryR
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Response Posted - 06/13/2016 : 03:39:45

My opinion is to use it only on the hull below the rub rail. Poliglow has a slight tone to it but for a boat at least 6 years old, you probably will not notice it on the hull, only the nice shine which will hold up for a year. I initially tried using it in the cockpit area many years ago and the slight tone (off-white) type hue is noticeable. The cockpit area is also an area that is easily accessible to use a polish-cleaner or pure wax. But I have found that going either of these ways, the UV rays/weather conditions can affect it in just 2-3 months requiring touch-up and if you wait longer than that, then wind up having to use oxidation cleaners. What I do is use wash the area, using black streak cleaner to remove the black streaks caused by rain and then if the surface looks somewhat deteriorated, will then use oxidation cleaner. I then use Pure wax, believe Starbrite sells that at West Marine. As long as I wash that area, remove the black streaks, I can get away with just going over the area quickly with pure wax about every 2 months and put off using oxidation cleaner for quite some time, maybe a year or so.

On the non-skid areas, I use the Starbrite non-skid cleaner/wax. There is a better product, forget the name but it costs equivalent to gold, so I go with the Starbrite product about every 4-6 months or so. For a long time, years, I got away with all the bottles I bought from the Boat US store located at same location in Alexandria, VA as their insurance headquarters. When they changed the store to West Marine, they were selling the Boat US Non-Skid cleaner/wax (the Starbrite product but with a Boat US name on it) for a $1. I bought gobs of it but ran out of it a year or so ago and so now I buy the Starbrite product. Meanwhile, the West Marine store at the Boat US headquarters closed many years ago as they had a nearby store in/near Old Town, VA which is the only one in the area now. (The non-skid cleaner does not make the surface slippery.)

Larry
'89 Robin's Nest#5820, Potomac River/Quantico, Va
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shnool
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Response Posted - 06/13/2016 : 18:46:15

Use starbrite on the deck/nonskid, but wax it with Woody's wax.

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Response Posted - 06/14/2016 : 07:52:06

I must admit that I apply poli glow above the rub rail, but only on the outside of the hull. As Dave says above that point I only use starbright or other cleaners. I prefer not slipping off the deck or gunwales into the drink!

Bruce Ross
Passage ~ SR-FK ~ C25 #5032

Port Captain � Milford, CT

cavebasin
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Response Posted - 06/15/2016 : 20:55:21

Ok thanks. I ordered the starbrite cleaner and woody wax for non skid area, will wax and buff everything else above rub rail. Truly wish it was the other way around....poly glow top side and wax and buff hull. Not going to be fun trying to do a good buff job around all the top side hardware.