Charles: Unless something significantly bad happened to your boat's gel coat an '05 should be good using 3Ms combo buffing compound/wax called 'Marine Restorer and Wax' - https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B0000AY65X Works well to clean and put on a shine. I then kept maintenance coats, applied in spring and fall, using (no buffing compound so not to remove more gel coat) 3M's 'Marine Ultra Performance Paste Wax'. This may be discontinued as 3M is selling a new boat 'finish system'. 'Perfect-It Boat Wax' seems to be equivalent - https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01MRY4K2E/ The above worked great on my '84 M15 and '83 M17. :: Dave Scobie :: M6'8" #650 :: SV SWALLOW - sv-swallow.com :: former owner M17 #375 SWEET PEA - m17-375.com :: former owner M15 #288 SCRED - www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred/ On Mon, Dec 28, 2020, 2:17 PM Charles Adams via montgomery_boats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
I checked Amazon for NuGlass 2. With buffer $62 but the kicker was $49 shipping. Still looking. For an idea of how much is needed for M17, I know depends on state of boat. Mine is a 2005 and look pretty good. Bought it two years where it had been on Chesapeake. I keep it inside storage.
Charlie A