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Megs is like 30 bucks and duragloss is 12. Is there a huge difference? Is power cut much different than 105
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Originally Posted by Mike.Phillips@Autogeek
Okay, now back to gel-coats...
How are we supposed to talk about gel coats now??
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Originally Posted by Mike.Phillips@Autogeek
And if you want to make buffing oxidized gel-coat as easy on you as possible, clean your wool pad after every section. It add a little time to the overall process but abrading each new section will be easier and your pad and compound will work more effectively and from my experience, the residue wipes off easier when it's not all mixed up with the gunk on the pad from the last section.
Hi Mike :
Another thing a guy can do for real chalky gelcoat, is prep the surface.
Something like a Sia 6120 Siavlies Ultra Fine Nonwoven disc cleans up the
clutter of dead gelcoat prior to compounding. It is an extra step, but its quick and
allows the compounds and wool pads to perform better.
Steve
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What would polish would you finish with for a compound?
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Originally Posted by ShineTimeDetail
What would polish would you finish with for a compound?
None, if I was compounding with Buff Magic (Pink) or 3M Imperial Compound.
My sons love PoorBoys SSR 2.5 polish for the vessals that need more than
an abrasive AIO but less than a compound.
I know this may seem harsh if you come from the clearcoat world, but it's not in
the modern gelcoat world.
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I cut with this today Norton Liquid Ice Polishing Compound Quart and it cut the super heavy oxidation today but finished horribly! I tried to finish with a lighter polish and a foam pad but is still have bad holograms. How do you finish without holograms. I'm doing a white RV
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You were pretty young starting out.[QUOTE=Mike.Phillips@Autogeek;688184]Oh yeah...
This is me racing it on Dexter Reservoir in Oregon...
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Except for something 25 years old and complexly oxidized and matte, I can get gloss out of any gelcoat with + wool/rotary/561 and then orbital/ foam/501.....and cleaning pad very often
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Originally Posted by ShineTimeDetail
. How do you finish without holograms. I'm doing a white RV
We never have problems with holograms in marine gelcoat.
I would like to believe all gelcoat is the same, but it's not.
We find that since boat builders use differant maufactures of polyester/resins/pigmants, they
also finish out a little differant. A Bayliner boat will need less agression than say a Grady White.
We don't have enough experance with RV's to give any advise.
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