This looks awesome, right until the part where he says, "You've just gotta get five or six coats on it..."Bruce, I wax the cabin top, cockpit and some of the deck.
Most people don't believe me, but I use Zep Wet look floor wax.
For instructions, Google RedMax Pro. That product is obsolete, so we all moved to Zep Wet Look and it works just fine.
Paul
It goes on easy. The best part is you just wipe on a new coat every year. No "wax on, wax off".This looks awesome, right until the part where he says, "You've just gotta get five or six coats on it..."
Well, I don't wax the nonskid surfaces, which on my boat are specialized gelcoat.
But goodness, yes, I have the decks waxed twice a year, and the hull once a year. Deck: $300. Hull and Deck: $750. I have learned to remove canvas covers and to wrap some hardware in painters tape against overspray from the polish. Of course we can do it ourselves, but I watched the guy on the Tartan 38 next door for a couple of years, 70 years old in knee-pads bent over all day. I feel the maximum age for waxing your own boat is 55, when I quit windsurfing for the same reason: you look like an idiot compared to everybody else.
Old unwaxed gel coat, doesn't that absorb every spilled drop of wine or stomped potato chip?
Absolutely. About eight years ago. Now I scrub it clean every spring and add a new coat using a sponge.Paul,
Did you wax the hull with Zep too ?