Dull Paint...

[Blinkin]

I have a 1977-78 15 ft. Kingfisher I recently bought and I am dressing up the neglected areas. This past weekend I ripped up the carpet and painted in some fresh topside paint... what a difference. My other plan was to get some rubbing compound and bring the shine back to the rest of the boat.

I carried her to the car wash and soaked and washed off years of grime and oxidation. I got her back to the house and started with the rubbing compound. The boat is beige with a brown-metallic top and a stripe down the side. The beige shined up like new and looks great. I wish I could say the same for the brown. It is more porous and gritty feeling. I worked with several compounds and a buffer for hours on just a select 2'x2' area and it shines a little better but always seams to end up with a dull haze. Waxing didn't help either.

I have looked around the net at products that claim to restore shine and color by simply wiping this liquid on and letting dry.

http://www.newglass2.com/cgi-bin/cp-app.cgi[/url Any ideas or opinions?

 

[oops!]

Re: Dull Paint...

hi blinkin


WELCOME TO I BOATS

this is the right spot for your questions....

just about any question ever asked about boats has been covered on these fourms at one time or another.

if you hit the search button.....you will have hundreds of answers from pro restorers......what kind of materials to use and techniecs to use them..

somthing must have messed up cause your post was double posted....it makes it really confusing to answer you.

just about everything ive learned i got from reading here using the search button.....

cheers
oops

 

[Blinkin]

Re: Dull Paint...

I don't know what happened that caused it to post twice but it looks like somebody got the other one cleared up.

I did do a search for a couple of keywords and it only retrieved ump-teen thousand matches. I scanned through a few and it looked as if most didn't really have the same situation or they have used the same stuff i did. I bet there is one out there that hits it dead on... maybe one day I will find it.

I was really more curious if anybody had ever used NewGlass II and what kind of results they had. It looks like good stuff but...

With the problems I had this past weekend I think it might be worth the $35 to find out. We'll see...

 

[Bondo]

Re: Dull Paint...

with a brown-metallic top

Bringing back old Gelcoat with metal flake in it is about Impossible.......
Nothing Works..... It's Gone.....

Either live with it,.....
Or,...
Sand it out,+ Repaint it.........

 

[salty87]

Re: Dull Paint...

i was going to suggest trying wet sanding first. with any of the miracle type products or even a good quality paint it will all be in the prep work. some of the miracle types need to be stripped if you ever want to get rid of them, beware. i've never heard of or tried the one you mentioned. some of those products just have oils that appear to look better and then just fade again.