I used Marine Penetrol to restore the gel coat on Tullamore, and found it did a very nice job of brightening the toe-rail also. I reapply the penetrol about once a year and it keeps the boat looking good. It is available from West Marine.

On Mon, 17 Feb 2003 21:29:02 -0500 "Honshells" <chonshell@ia4u.net> writes:
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> Any way to "brighten up" the aluminum toe-rail on older Ms without
> repainting or applying a chemical that
> might damage the anodizing? Painting is the last thing I'd want to
> do, since I'd rather have a dull toe-rail
> than the maintenance of paint.
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