Boat cleaning

[SuperDave]

Anyone buff/polish and wax their own boat?? If so what all materials do you use?

Also does anyone know of a good boat detailer in the New Orleans area?

[Ray]

I clean with a good fiberglass boat wash.
Wax with 3M Fiberglass Cleaner wax and a high speed polisher.
Polish with Rejex and an orbital polisher.

For non skid, I clean with Soft Scrub once a year, then wax with Aurora Sure Step.
I clean with Attwood non skid deck cleaner and a brush every time I go fishing.
It doesn't remove the wax from the non skid.
You don't have to have a bucket with the Attwood. Just a brush and hose.

[meaux fishing]

Originally Posted by Ray

I clean with a good fiberglass boat wash.
Wax with 3M Fiberglass Cleaner wax and a high speed polisher.
Polish with Rejex and an orbital polisher.

For non skid, I clean with Soft Scrub once a year, then wax with Aurora Sure Step.
I clean with Attwood non skid deck cleaner and a brush every time I go fishing.
It doesn't remove the wax from the non skid.
You don't have to have a bucket with the Attwood. Just a brush and hose.

That attwood is good stuff. I started using it last year and it makes cleaning non skid decks really easy

[Ray]

Originally Posted by meaux fishing

That attwood is good stuff. I started using it last year and it makes cleaning non skid decks really easy

Yep, must wet down, squirt and scrub. Let sit a minute and rinse off.
When I first started using it, it was around $4/bottle. Price been going up last couple of years.

[Lake Chuck Duck]

What do you mean by non skid surface?

[Ray]

Originally Posted by Lake Chuck Duck

What do you mean by non skid surface?

That rough stuff on the floor. Holds crud in them cracks.
Not the slick fiberglass.

[Lake Chuck Duck]

Originally Posted by Ray

That rough stuff on the floor. Holds crud in them cracks.
Not the slick fiberglass.

Thought so, thanks.

[SuperDave]

Originally Posted by Ray

I clean with a good fiberglass boat wash.
Wax with 3M Fiberglass Cleaner wax and a high speed polisher.
Polish with Rejex and an orbital polisher.

For non skid, I clean with Soft Scrub once a year, then wax with Aurora Sure Step.
I clean with Attwood non skid deck cleaner and a brush every time I go fishing.
It doesn't remove the wax from the non skid.
You don't have to have a bucket with the Attwood. Just a brush and hose.

Thanks Ray! I've got my parents 2001 Sailfish and it needs some TLC. I don't really want to pay some one 600 bucks to polish and wax it so that means I need to do it. The boat hull itself isn't that bad but the helm is fairly oxidized.

Ill probably pick up a variable speed polisher from harbor freight(I know I know) then I need pads, polish, and wax.

[mr crab]

colinite boat wax is the best wax imo