[C320-list] Time for cleaning and waxing

[David Nolte]

Gary,

What light rubbing compound did you use? My boat is 15 and though it  
looks good I haven't been able to get the topsides to sparkle like  
its newer sisters.

Thanks,

David Nolte
BeachHouse #4



On Jun 24, 2008, at 9:39 AM, c320no410 at aol.com wrote:

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>  My sore arms are still fresh in my mind - my C320 celebrated it's  
> 11th birthday and I treated it to a deep clean and wax.?? I used a  
> light rubbing compound to fully remove old oxidized gel coat and  
> followed up with a cleaner/wax product that had in the past offered  
> me pretty good gloss retention.?? I used two random orbit buffers  
> (one to apply and one to remove/buff) so I didn't have to let the  
> applications sit too long and dry out to a crusty - hard to remove  
> state.??? It took about 1.5 hours for each side of the hull.? Total  
> 3 hours.?? If it was just a clean/wax job I'd say time could be  
> reduced to less than one hour per side.??? I did this on the hard  
> and used staging with a stack of fresh bonnets for each of the  
> buffers near at hand so I could avoid going up and down the  
> ladders.? I have the fin keel model and ladders and staging are are  
> requirement to reach the topsides.
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> Hope this information helps.
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> Gary Doodlesack
> C320 No 410
> Lady Diane
> Falmouth Harbor, MA
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com
> To: C320-List <C320-List at Catalina320.com>; c320-list <c320- 
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> Sent: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 8:23 pm
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Cleaning & Waxing
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> As a California resident, I embrace the many hard workers that are  
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> waxing that make their way across our southern borders... :)
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> Hull and topsides, SS too...$250
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> Regards,
> OD
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Paris" [mikepxx at adelphia.net]
> Sent: 06/22/2008 04:51 PM
> To: <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com>
> Subject: [C320-list] Cleaning & Waxing
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> I read posts not too long ago about waxing. I was wondering if  
> those of you that
> do your own use an electronic buffer or do it completely by hand.  
> Also, an
> approximate estimate for time involved?
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> Thanks,
> Mike Paris
> Mojo #734
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