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Old 03-26-2011, 08:58 PM
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Question for our Detailing Gurus.

I got my boat all nicely cleaned, clay bard, full interior clean/detail, ect.

Got to polishing with some megs. boat polish and Lake Country white pads. The reason for that was I thought the swirl marks were not that bad. I went at it with my flex and all I did was restore a deeper color, still a lot of deeper swirls.

Question, can car polish be used on boats? I have some harder cutting car polish with me but don't really want to order harder cutting boat polish ($$$).


ps, any of you guys that want to detail a boat. Figure out how long it will take you and multiply that by 4.
 
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Old 03-27-2011, 04:51 AM
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A test spot will tell you if the polish you have will work or not. You can decide from there.
 
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Old 03-27-2011, 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by roushstage2
A test spot will tell you if the polish you have will work or not. You can decide from there.
I know that part, but I am wondering is it ok to use car polish on a gel coat...
 
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Old 03-27-2011, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Super FX4
I know that part, but I am wondering is it ok to use car polish on a gel coat...
check out this link.


http://www.expert-mobile-car-detaili...at-polish.html
 
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Old 03-27-2011, 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Super FX4
I know that part, but I am wondering is it ok to use car polish on a gel coat...
Yes, it's just that you have to use a high-cut polish since the gelcoat is much "harder" than car paint.

M105, Optimum Hyper Compound...things like that.
 



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