polishing

I recently sold my 1971 E29 Valhalla and am now in the process of purchasing a 1981 30+. She's in great shape but she's due for bottom paint and the signature navy stripe could use a repainting. I thought I would polish and wax the hull and paint the stripe myself while she's in the boatyard...

The ActiveCaptain site has published several cleaning and miscellaneous tips for boaters. You may already use some of the products but I found several items that I wasn't aware of. The link is: https://activecaptain.com/articles/misc/productsTips.php.

Anyone have any suggestions on how to get a like new shine on my original E35 window frames. I assume they are aluminum. Not sure. The windows don't leak so I'm not sure I want to replace them but I know new ones would really make the new deck pop. Any suggestions? Thanks

Why buy new when all it needs is a little polishing. Here are the 2 pedestal guard bases from my boat. I have purchased a new guard and the fabricator said it would be highly polished so I thought I better purchase new bases too. This afternoon I got out my Dremel to see if they could be brought...

When we got the diesel "service" a week ago the mechanic advised us that we have an algae problem. He said there was mud in the primary filter and we should take care of it before any major excursions. A built-in fuel polishing system is definitely on the to-do list, but I didn't want to...

I have a 1983 25+. The twenty gallon :esad:alumimum tank is orginial. After running the engine a 9.9 outboard for five hours, fouling of the gas filters occured. We have been changed the filters twice and now installed temporay tank with new hoses. This seems to have eliminated the orginial...

Yesterday my friend Rodd came over to show me how to polish a boat. He had never worked with imron before so he did a lot of test areas to see what came out best. Here is a thread on Sailboatowners.com to inspire you...

Is annual "cut and polish" a good idea to maintain the gelcoat on Ericsons, or is there a risk that one might "cut" through the gelcoat over a few years? How thick is the gelcoat on 1980s boats? Is there a better alternative to maintain the gelcoat, as I don't want to have to paint the boat in...

In a recent thread I covered the re-manufacturing of the stancnions and rails on our boat. I thought others might find the mirror polishing part of the process of some interest. A week ago a friend collided with our shiny freshly-polished bow rail in a docking situation. There was a lot of...

Am I wrong or is the window trim featured in the owners and projects section actually anodized aluminum as they are on my 30+? I thought all Ericsons used a similar alu. window. Graham Cole