[C320-list] Making a 15-year-old boat shine

[Robert Seastream]

Hmm...I just did my hull (six hours/side over two weekends) with 3M  
cleaner/polish.  It's really just a light rubbing compound far as I  
can tell...I never did believe one could 'clean n wax' anything in one  
step.  I still have to do the stern, cockpit, and deck smooth areas.   
Dunno if I'm doing it exactly right to 3M specs, but darned if the  
oxidation 'haze' isn't gone, various 'dings' and mystery marks gone,  
and the hull shining.  Kevins' five step process is a bit masochistic  
to me (not sure why the wax after the glaze...they sound similar), but  
given the age of his hull, it's likely justified.  Looks new!  You go,  
Cap'n!

Bob Seastream
Intuition # 906


On Apr 3, 2010, at 8:25 PM, Paul Rickman wrote:

> You are just trying to make the rest of jealous, my cover comes off  
> next week, launch is
> still 27 days away.
>
> Affinity 657
> Bay Bridge Marina
> Chesapeake Bay
>
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> ________________________________
> From: Kevin <onedrop7 at yahoo.com>
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Sent: Sat, April 3, 2010 8:00:31 PM
> Subject: [C320-list] Making a 15-year-old boat shine
>
> I've been putting an inordinate amount of time in on the hull this  
> spring, but my '95 (#211) is really starting to sparkle! The bottom  
> three photos were taken today:
>
> http://kevjot.com/boat/spring2010/
>
> My steps:
>
> 1.  Cleaner - On & Off
> 2.  Compound - 3M Marine Rubbing
> Compound (machine applied and buffed)
> 3.  Polish - 3M Finesse It II (machine applied, buffed by hand)
> 4.  Glaze - Meguiars #7 Show Car Glaze (applied and buffed by hand)
> 5.  Wax - Collinite Fleetwax #885 (not yet done, but will be applied  
> and buffed by hand)
>
> She goes back in the water on Tuesday.
>
> Kevin
> S/V Cecilia Ann, #211
> Deale, MD