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Re: Pictures: Shearwater Extreme Boat Detailing Class
But there's more!
While some of us were sanding, compounding, polishing and waxing the hull the rest of were working top side.
For the top side or cap of the boat we used the Marine 31 All-In-One Gel Coat Polish & Wax with Thick Purple Foamed Wool Pads on the powerful Flex 3401 Forced Rotation, Forced Oscillation dual action polishers.
Note: The THIN PFW's are for the Porter Cable style polishers.
Ozzy
Here's Ozzy removing oxidation, polishing and waxing in one step.
Serge
This was Serge's first time to one of our Thursday night projects and his first time using a Flex 3401. Serge is restoring a 1970's Glastron ski boat.
Chris
Here's Chris helping out with the cap...
Den
Here's Den working on the inside of the cap. Notice how we taped-off all the NON-SKID surfaces with 3M Painter's Tape? Thats so we would not creme over this textured surface with compounds, polishes and waxes as it could embedded or impact into the non-skid surface and then we'd have to clean it out.
Den by the way is not only a regular with us for our Thursday night projects but built and polished this old 2-door Pontiac.
Chris
Chris is like a "floater" that is he has both the skill and experience to tackle any part of any project we're working on so he tends to float around and tackle anything that might be un-noticed. Thanks Chris!
John
In the background John contemplates his life and thinks about buying and restoring his dream car a 1987 Yugo.
Den
Here's Den applying a second coat of wax for extra protection and gloss using a Griot's Garage 3" Mini Polisher with Marine 31 Gel-Coat Carnauba Wax + Sealant. Den shows his professionalism by removing his shoes so as not to leave any shoe marks on the non-skid from his street shoes.
Eric & Gary
The Eisenglass, (flexible plastic windows), was very cloudy and scuffed when this boat arrived so I put the owner Eric and his buddy to work machine polishing the plastic to restore clarity.
You talking to me pal?
Metal Polishing the EASY WAY!
The stainless steel prop has the beginning signs of rust, these props are very expensive so my advice to boat owners is anytime you have your boat out of the water, take a few minutes to quickly polish the prop to clean it and protect it.
Eric is using Marine 31 Stainless Steel and Aluminum Brightening Soap which is probably the easiest metal polish and metal polishing method to clean, polish and protect all metal surfaces.
Here's how easy it is...
1. Start by getting the included sponge wet with water and then wring it out.
2. Then swipe the sponge across the soap in the jar.
3. Rub the sponge and the metal polishing soap over the surface.
4. Wipe or rinse the surface clean.
Check it out....
Clean, shiny AND protected!
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Re: Pictures: Shearwater Extreme Boat Detailing Class
Dear Mike Phillips,
Looks like an ambitious project.
The test spot is showing 1000% improvement after the whole process, the before pictures for me were already considered a lost cause, just believe this was possible because I saw you doing, and the 'hard core detailers' will do it as well. Veeery challenging for anyone who will work on this,
Good luck all.
I'd ask, would you try a lest step with a finishing pad trying to shine even more the finish? From here, it looks about having a slight drop that can be squeezed if you go even further,
For sure, adding another step to a large surface like this boat would be much time consuming, so my question is illustrative, I mean above, what do you conclude after doing the shown test spot?
Another question, now for damp sanding, called my attention your sanding pattern being very uniform over the area, I'd like to know (if you can share) what was your method for sanding this test spot?
I'm in need of assurance within sanding methods, can you briefly talk what polisher speed, arm speed and pressure you've done on that, also how many passes, and if only up/down passes or side-to-side as well?
Approximately, if you will!
Thank you very much in advance,
Kind Regards.
“Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy”
― Isaac Newton
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