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Once again, another question...

Anyway, my '87 has been sitting outside it's entire life and the finish has gone from that nice deep blue and white luster to a chalky, faded, discolored, dull color.

I want that lasting shine and good color back!

Now, I've already tried that "Oxidation remover" to no avail. My ucle did his boat with Vert-Glass and it came out incredible, but his was not in as bad of shape to start, so I'm skeptical of what results it'll yeild on my boat. I have also tried an automotive rubbing compound, and that worked great, however, that shine that it provided was short lived.

I now am entertaining the thought of a 1000-1500 grit wet-sanding, then a waxing of some sort. What do you think?

or...

What would the experts suggest I do? (Short of a re-gelcoat.)

19'7" '87 Checkmate Ambassador - Blue on White.
 
Once again, another question...

Anyway, my '87 has been sitting outside it's entire life and the finish has gone from that nice deep blue and white luster to a chalky, faded, discolored, dull color.

I want that lasting shine and good color back!

Now, I've already tried that "Oxidation remover" to no avail. My ucle did his boat with Vert-Glass and it came out incredible, but his was not in as bad of shape to start, so I'm skeptical of what results it'll yeild on my boat. I have also tried an automotive rubbing compound, and that worked great, however, that shine that it provided was short lived.

I now am entertaining the thought of a 1000-1500 grit wet-sanding, then a waxing of some sort. What do you think?

or...

What would the experts suggest I do? (Short of a re-gelcoat.)

19'7" '87 Checkmate Ambassador - Blue on White.
 
This is the boat with chicken pox, isn't it? ARe your problems below the water line? If so, you will be sanding on the chicken pox.....I don't know if that would be good or bad.
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yeah, I'm the the one with the chicken pox boat, but the problem areas as far as color fading are above the water line, and all the chicken pox are below the water line. I'm not going near the pox with the sanding (if I decide to sand) b/c I don't want to cap any of the blisters.

19'7" '87 Checkmate Ambassador - Blue on White.
 
That's what I was wondering. Good luck with her. I have no advice as far as the gel goes. But I'm sure someone on here will be able to help you a lot!
 
NEVER< NEVER< NEVER< NEVER use automotive products on your gel coat. If it is as bad as you portray, start with 600 wet, then 800, 1000, 1200, and 1500. Make sure a rotary buffer is used, not orbital and use 1000 to 12oo rpm on the buffer. If you are new to working with gel, which it sounds, pay a professional to do it, you can ruin it if you do not know what you are doing.

2003 ZT 240 6.2litre/Bravo 320 H.P. 25P Mirage Plus
 
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