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    Wet Sanding Gel Coat

    Here is a project I completed last week. I had a customer who had major oxidation on the transom of his boat.
    To complete the job I did my normal wash, then started color sanding with the Mirka Abralon disks. I started with 1000, and worked my way to 4000.
    Once completed I used Marine 31, Capt 1 step compound. I used LC CCS Yellow, and then polished with a CCS white pad. Finally I waxed using a Marine 31 Sealer with Carnauba.
    All of this was done with a Flex 4301. The first pic is a split before and after. The second, is the transom once completed.
    Wet Sanding Gel Coat-beforeafter-jpgWet Sanding Gel Coat-boatdone-jpg
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    Re: Wet Sanding Gel Coat

    Very nice job bud, quite the transformation.
    Boats are fun to work on (sometimes) cleaning the pads after? not so much hehe.

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    That looks great! Wet sanding sure saves some time with removing oxidation from Gel Coat Boats.

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    Re: Wet Sanding Gel Coat

    Can u clean the Mirka disks or are they used for one section and then tossed
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    Re: Wet Sanding Gel Coat

    Great work on that gel!!
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