Craig, My blue hull is oxidized too and I'd like to bring it back. I have a 9" compounder and a Cyclo random orbital polisher which I've used to polish a vintage Airstream trailer. I'm guessing that polishing fiberglass is a lot easier than aluminum, but I'm a bit confused i.e. rubbing compound, Penetrol(?), Poliglow, Vertglass. I wonder if you could give us a brief tutorial on bringing back and keeping the shine on our boats? BTW, my boat has repaired gouges, but the color match is so bad that I wish they were left alone. I went through a similar thing when polishing my Airstream. The experts advised me to leave the gouges and large scratches alone and just polish them, kind of adds character. I think they were right. Thanks, Rick Langer M15 #337
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 23:29:50 -0500 From: "Craig F. Honshell" <chonshell@ia4u.net> Subject: M_Boats: i was thinkin' . . . To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Message-ID: <009401c50296$8349d0d0$3241b3cf@D89X0M51> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
. . . this spring that I'd like to buff out my hull's oxidation, then go over it completely with Penetrol, then finish it with Poliglow or comparable miracle restorative . . . I think we used "Vertglass", something like that, on the Flicka one year . . . Don't know if that stuff is still available . . .
I have gouges in my shear stripe that aren't going to go away without major restoration, but perhaps I can draw the eye away from them with a really shiny hull . . . :-)