Just returned from a one week to the San Juan Islands, where we moored at various WA State buoys. These are basically designed with with a black rubber tire around the flotation part - in order to "protect" the hull from impact/bumping damage. In some cases the tire has been painted yellow for higher visibility (I guess).
Unfortunately, the nice shine finish on our boat now has been dulled where the tire hit the boat repeatedly during a windy night - and additionally, some black rubber and yellow paint has been "pounded" into the gelcoat.
My question is, what product or products are recommended for cleaning and polishing the gelcoat to get a nice shiny finish back??? I have tried a 3M product "Clean & Shine" spray application - but it did not do the job.
"cvj" <vogelius@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4q2dnRtE3OCN0wbfRVn-gg@comcast.com...> Just returned from a one week to the San Juan Islands, where we moored at > various WA State buoys. These are basically designed with with a black > rubber tire around the flotation part - in order to "protect" the hull > from impact/bumping damage. In some cases the tire has been painted yellow > for higher visibility (I guess).>
Unfortunately, the nice shine finish on our boat now has been dulled where > the tire hit the boat repeatedly during a windy night - and additionally, > some black rubber and yellow paint has been "pounded" into the gelcoat.>
My question is, what product or products are recommended for cleaning and > polishing the gelcoat to get a nice shiny finish back??? I have tried a 3M > product "Clean & Shine" spray application - but it did not do the job.>
Appreciate any feedback.>
Thanks> Claus
Try the "3M Marine Fiberglass Restore and Wax" instead. Requires a bit of elbow grease-tried it with a buffing wheel, didn't have much luck, but for a small area it shouldn't be that much work. It is essentially a rubbing compound with a wax. There are any number of similar products made by different mfgs. that will probably work as well as the 3M.
