this old bod is tired. But she's coming up pretty nice. The bottom prep and painting was completed last week, and now I'm moving on to the next project.
I have always been a fan of Collinite, but decided to try the Meguiars 3 part system this time. The hull had some stains and early signs of oxidation, probably due to the previous never having waxed the boat since new. The Meguiars was easy to work with, and I am pleased with the results. I buffed the entire hull with their Heavy duty cleaner/compound. That removed the stains and oxidation that no amount of washing would help, and she started looking really nice. I was tempted to move on to the waxing step next, but in spite of my arms feeling heavy, I stuck to my plan of using all 3 parts.
So the next step was to buff the hull again, with the Meguiars Polish. That really brought out a brilliant, deep shine, but of course, it is only polish, not wax. So there is more work to do :roll:
Final step was to do the hull one more time, with Meguiars Pure Wax. That went on and off nice and easy, again using the Makita and lambs wool pad to put it on, and buff it off, so I only used a white terry cloth towel to touch up along the vinyl stripes, and tight under the rub rail.
I still need to do all the top-sides, but I can work on that even when she's in the water, so I'll be moving on to do some electronics work, and engine bracket painting with the Trilux primer and Trilux 33. Should be ready to splash in about a week, if I can hold up that long. :lol:
I wanna go fishin' already
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I have always been a fan of Collinite, but decided to try the Meguiars 3 part system this time. The hull had some stains and early signs of oxidation, probably due to the previous never having waxed the boat since new. The Meguiars was easy to work with, and I am pleased with the results. I buffed the entire hull with their Heavy duty cleaner/compound. That removed the stains and oxidation that no amount of washing would help, and she started looking really nice. I was tempted to move on to the waxing step next, but in spite of my arms feeling heavy, I stuck to my plan of using all 3 parts.
So the next step was to buff the hull again, with the Meguiars Polish. That really brought out a brilliant, deep shine, but of course, it is only polish, not wax. So there is more work to do :roll:
Final step was to do the hull one more time, with Meguiars Pure Wax. That went on and off nice and easy, again using the Makita and lambs wool pad to put it on, and buff it off, so I only used a white terry cloth towel to touch up along the vinyl stripes, and tight under the rub rail.
I still need to do all the top-sides, but I can work on that even when she's in the water, so I'll be moving on to do some electronics work, and engine bracket painting with the Trilux primer and Trilux 33. Should be ready to splash in about a week, if I can hold up that long. :lol:
I wanna go fishin' already
