polish

[petersfield]

i would like to bring up the shine on my 1990 checkmate what would you recommend it is red with silver metalic

[petersfield]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by petersfield:
i would like to bring up the shine on my 1990 checkmate what would you recommend it is red with silver metalic! I just bought the boat this week it is a checkmate Spectra 170 It used to be my dad's boat he sold it and I bought it back after 8 yrs of missing the boat! Now I want to make It look like new again. Can anyone recommed some great products E.G polish and cleaners for metal flake paint? Thanks in advance

[panther150]

I used the 3M combination compound/wax., its a light rubbing compound and wax in one application. I found it worked great.

[petersfield]

thanks for getting back to me on that I am trying to do it this weekend will see how it turns out! thanks!

[gtrumpet]

Is the problem with your finish a general problem with the finish chalking. if it is a major problem with chalking try vertglas gel coat restorer, I used it on my dads 1960 lonestar, and that brought the finish back on that old boat. I had tried almost everything else, starbright, polishing coumpoud , you name it. I wish I could do that to my mate, the origianl metelflake on mine was painted over, white by the previous owner.

the only drawback with vertglas is its price.

[supergenius74]

I have been using mothers polish http://www.mothers.com/ it's for metal and very abraisive but it definilty works on sun faded gelcoat. I have been doing it by hand it comes out really nice, it has some fine scratches and I am going to try to polish those out with regular fiberglass rubbing compount. I tried everything on the market for fiberglass and nothing was abrasive enough to make mine shine except for mothers. shane

[Boston Predictor]

Does anyone Know if Flitz works well on gelcoat? I've used it on crome and plastic and it works better than anything else I've tried.

[cooperider]

Checkmate uses Flitz on their boats so it should work good for you also. http://www.checkmate-boats.com/graemlins/thumb.gif

[Boston Predictor]

cool. Ive never seen it sold in anyting larger that the 6oz tubes. Where can I find a big bottle of it?

[cooperider]

http://www.flitz.com

[wickedrister]

I had good luck with HellerGlanz heavy duty restorer wax http://www.checkmate-boats.com/graemlins/thumb.gifwww.HellerGlanz.com

[Rob'Z]

I have heard from quite a few people that Aquabuff is the way to go. I will be using it this summer on my Starflite.

[supergenius74]

hey robZ, I was just reading your boat specs, looks like your setup is about like mine I wish you were closer to me I'd let you try my 22p prop out, I think I need to go to a 23 or 24. I don't think a raker wrould work on my merc eiteher, but I could be wrong. shane