Polish and Wax

[jmat5]

I have a one year old Regal. Just took her out of storage and she still looks like the day I bought it. Last season I waxed it twice. Once at the beginning of the season and once in mid July. Do I need to polish her before I wax her this season or can I just apply another coat of wax this year? Thanks for any advice.

 

[Gregory S]

one year old boat----just wax

 

[Robyns Nest]

No need to polish, she is gleaming right?

Wax on, wax off.

Go boating.

Jonathan

 

[Mike Ryan]

but if you polished with a foam pad, i guarantee it'll gleam even more

 

[Thompson16]

My spring routine has always been to polish and then wax - I've always used terry cloth to polish - would a foam pad make a difference?

Boat is a 1998 Wellcraft Eclipse - I store it in a boatel from November to April, wetslip the remainder of the year. Gelcoat still looks great...

Thanks

 

[SLW]

So Mike, you're a fan of foam pads? I was disappointed with my results when I first started using them, so I performed some experiments and haven't used them since. I had noticed when doing some touch up with my PC 7424 on an otherwise "perfect" surface, that the foam pad was reducing the shine. I blamed the orbital action and started a thread on it. Then I used 3M's black "egg-create" finishing foam (again with Finesse It II) on a rotary, at about 1,700 RPM and got the same results. I swapped to the softest wool pad I could find, a few drops of Finesse It and I was back to the mirror finish.

My neighbor and I share pads and machines and have over $75 in foam pads that aren't getting used by either of us. How do you incorporate foam into your routine?

 

[LenB]

I'm with SLW on this one. Last year I tried the 3-M pads as mentioned with my Makita rotary and Finesse-IT. The pads kept chattering and bouncing back on me. I couldn't seem to get the pads to rotate smoothly. When I went back to my faithful yellow wool, all was good. What's the trick to using them?

 

[RadioguyJ]

Yellow wool pads from Boatfix are great. I use the one with hook and loop (velcro) backing, it has never let me down. That and some Aquabuff compound and the boat comes out like new!