How to Get My Topside Yacht to Shine Again
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Having got the gunkhole ( Trader l ) to Plymouth later on a twelvemonth out of the water she is in need of some tlc.
I dont desire to open the notorious teak cleaning thread, but would be interested in views on all-time way to get clean gelcoat hull and topsides and metal areas such as cleats, bollards, stanchions.
In particular, has anyone got a view on using the depression power Karchers for cleaning gelcoat of grime, diesel fume etc?
The Bishop
PS if there are companies around Plymouth that offer this service reasonably I would be glad to hear of them
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Smooth them, or if the clay is really engrained use a coarser rubbing chemical compound beginning, then smooth, then wax. She'll wait fabulous. Lots of companies or individuals will do this for y'all for a fee, bound to exist a few in Plymouth.
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I utilize a depression powered pressure spray. It cleans the decks well just has lilliputian consequence on diesel fume stains.
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Don't use a pressure washer on teak
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I used my force per unit area washer on the gelcoat and the teak, with no apparent problems. The teak cleaned up a care for! I will have to brighten and oil, but a year's grime came off very nicely.
The non sideslip on the decks also cleaned-upward nicely with the Karcher. I am going to cutting and polish next week with the rotary car. Hull done already befoer she went back into the water, and looked skillful.
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I tin highly recommend 3M products from my ain feel. 'Perfect-information technology III Extra fine rubbing compound' (yellow cap) first followed past either 'Perfect-it Ultrafina SE Smoothen' (bluish cap) or 'Smooth Rosa' (pink cap) and Bob'southward your uncle.
The rubbing chemical compound is perfect for getting rid of all the hard stains. Information technology takes a chip of time on the size of the boat you have, simply we've found using the rubbing compound the but way for getting a properly make clean gelcoat.
This is the second twelvemonth we've used these products and nosotros've been very happy with the results. The shine is brilliant and it seems to last longer than the previous products that nosotros have used.
Sounds like a shopping channel plug, I know, but we take found them to be very adept as long as you lot follow the instructions. I have no connection with 3M, btw.
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Do Non use a pressure washer on teak!
Teak has two levels of grain and a pressure washer strips out the softer lower ane and leaves you lot with something resembling a wooden comb for a deck - we take had to repair a few where owners have used pressure washers.
Use a stiff brush and one of the commercially available light acidic teak cleaners, it will come upwards similar new.
As for polishing, the chaps who prep our boats for Southampton Gunkhole Show tend to utilise Auto Glym Super Resin shine. Observe a local wholesaler to the car valeting industry and buy information technology in bulk as it is hugely cheaper than from Halfords or the Chandlery.
For removing diesel stains (presumably on the transom) try a picayune mixture of bleach and some fairy liquid or like, it cuts through the grime easily.
Subsequently that if you have found a auto valeting wholesaler become hold of some traffic motion picture remover, dilute it as it is very strong and using a garden sprayer utilise this to the hull in sections and then pressure launder information technology off. Works a treat and gives a proficient surface to utilise the smooth.
My advice - get a local to exercise it..............and then much easier on the dorsum if not the wallet. There must be some Polish - that's POLE ISH - chaps in Plymouth who want to earn a few pounds.
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Auto Glym and 3M specialise in trade products for car preparers, dealerships, valet companies etc., so their finishing polishes and waxes are designed to be very quick and easy to apply, fill up modest scratches, and give that exhibit finish. The downside is they don't last, and that comes directly from a senior boffin at 3M. Off the top of his head he suggested Meguiar'southward.
On the teak, i've plant a nylon scrubbing pad used across the grain is the best, and doesn't create any ridges.
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I thought about that and information technology would seem logical, except perhaps that information technology would be sort of counter productive for valet companies.
All the same, in my experience 3M has been the all-time of the products that we have used (we used to apply Autoglym for several years).
We've idea almost hiring aid for polishing but a reluctant nephew won't do as information technology takes certain dedication to deliver tlc, ie. become a proper finish. So nosotros are yet to find a suitably motivated extra pair of hands. One could e'er turn to the professionals, of course.
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Nick
me thinks maybe the senior boffin at 3m has an axe to grind!
I have constitute that he Auto Glym products work incredibly well and certainly last the season.
As you will imagine our boats get done off very often - mayhap it is the Super Resin polish that is better than the others in the range but it certainly works for usa on both GRP and Steel boats.
Have a good Easter all - **** weather overall but maybe some boating or fifty-fifty polishing time on Sun.........?
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Nosotros employ Farecla rubbing compound (available in a range of grades) to Spring make clean the gel coat followed by some Turtle wax. Afterwards a trip out i castor some plain old motorcar wash and wax over the topsides and rinse off. Gets rid of the salt and dirt and always looks equally expert equally new. The wash and wax comes in 5ltrs and you just add a cap total to a saucepan of h2o, everything else is available at whatsoever decent auto refinishing supplier. Our gunkhole is simply 27' so nosotros do information technology all by hand in a solar day.
A tube of Farecla or some T-Cut on the gunkhole removes and marks during the flavour, very useful for removing the scuffs after running down the rubbing strakes of that Sunseeker. Again, followed by some Turtle wax to proceed it dainty and shiny.
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Fine for rust streaks/stains, but not really skilful for cleaning general crud from gel.
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Information technology'southward been beautifully sunny all day, here in Due north Wales.
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I would second the apply of traffic film remover but add that be carefull non to get it on your skin equally it strong stuff.
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Traffic film remover is just a strong degreasant, like many other wonder cleaners (Muc Off, Unproblematic Green etc.) The problem is they as well strip off whatever wax you have painstakingly put on, so the boat gets muddied once again very quickly. The answer is to get rid of the surface oxidation by rubbing/polishing, then add a protective coating of wax, either by using a smooth that has wax in information technology, or better still by a final glaze of wax.
Having washed that, degreasant is the last affair you lot want to use.
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come across my thread on Smoothen Smooth Polish and you will probably find that descaling the hull volition clear most grime, later that equally said before gell volition only shime if its flat so concentrate on flattening with a mild compound such as 3M fast cut only afterwards that fifty-fifty recall near polish.
Call up of polish as protection rathr than making the boat smoothen!! I have compounded boats and had people continuing in yards asking what polish has been used? answer existence cypher yet. Gel shines when smooth whether its new or one-time.
Compound and a white pad and a machine at low RPM will practise it every time. Watch for swirl marks o best finishing later on this would exist 3M finess-information technology equally this will remove any swirls and smoothen at the same time.
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It is slap-up stuff when used peachy for taking brake dust off wheels but every bit boats don't take wheels (open up the door to posts to the opposite
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NEVER use it not bad on a auto or as we are talking here, on a boat. Always dilute information technology before use then it does information technology's chore with very petty detriment to the underlying polish. But as Ocean Drive says, a good hand cutting will always bring dorsum a smoothen if it has gone as well far.
So much skillful communication in this forum it will probably go a bid for a takeover from Wikipedia
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It is great stuff when used neat for taking brake dust off wheels but as boats don't have wheels (open the door to posts to the contrary
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EME
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Having seen your own boat t for the starting time time for a few weeks ....then if that is what has been done it is absolutely stunning ... a Bright (sic) chore. A tribute to all.
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