[Rhodes22-list] Collinite

[Saroj]

Well, thanks again.  I think I just used Collinite Wax the last time I waxed the deck (2 years ago just after I moved it to AZ).  I'll put that on first and see how it goes.  I've never found the boat slippery in the least so maybe I didn't polish it enuf.

Bob Berot is driving up tomorrow from Richmond for the inagaural Virginia sail and the rudder is back together with pretty varnished wooden spacers, sealed cracks AND it swivels.  I finally slathered lithium grease all over it like mayonaise on the "meat".  Don't know if it will last in that environment, but it says it will.  Its amazing how the mystery goes out of something you take apart and put back together 10 times!!  I know more than I ever cared to about rudder assemblies.  

If that were the only thing on my boat needing attention!  What next, the floor covering, the leaky drain hose, the spider poop covered sails, replacing the sreens in the fore ports, installing the clam cleat for the outhaul, installing my new CD player/radio, the water in the bilge, the galley doors that won't fit in since the flood...  Unfortunately I have a very long list.

Saroj
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bill Effros 
  To: Saroj ; The Rhodes 22 mail list 
  Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 7:40 PM
  Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Collinite


  Saroj,

  Aurora Sure step is even more tacky than Trewax.  Surf board wax is more tacky than Aurora Sure step.  The more tacky, the more dirt they pick up.  You can always put a tackier wax on top of a harder wax if the harder wax proves too slippery.  Collinite cleaner will take them all off if you don't like the result.  Then you're back to gel coat and you can start all over again.  It sounds dumb, but if you play with it for a while you can both protect your boat and not slip and fall overboard.

  Bill


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Saroj 
  To: The Rhodes 22 mail list 
  Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 5:05 PM
  Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Collinite


  Bill,

  How timely your email is as I spent considerable time today trying
  unsuccessfully to track down Aurora Sure Step.  Boater's World carries their
  products, but no sure step.  The West Marine salesman hadn't a clue what I
  was looking for.

  Saroj
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com>
  To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
  Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 11:26 AM
  Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Collinite


  Frank,

  Collinite is a brand name for a company that has developed a great solvent
  for carnuba wax.  The cleaner has a lot of this solvent in it, so it will
  take off any wax, and anything embedded in it, easily.  Others on the list
  have said it has no abrasives in it, but it works so well, you will swear it
  must.  I don't know, but I do use it.

  They also make a wax product with this same solvent that deposits a very
  hard coat of carnuba.  It is a little more difficult to handle than other
  waxes that blend softer wax with the carnuba to make it easier to spread.

  I don't think it is possible to put multiple coats of Collinite wax on your
  boat, because the solvent in the new coat removes the wax previously
  applied.  Others may challenge this.  I'm not sure I'm right.

  The Collinite wax coating is so hard it's extremely slippery.  I only use it
  on surfaces that are not walked on or sat upon.  To protect the deck and the
  tops of the combing, and the seats, I use Trewax, available from WM.  Also I
  use Trewax on the front of the hull because I can apply multiple coats.  I
  find that the water rubs off all the Collinite at the bow in less than one
  full season in the water.

  Bill Effros


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  Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 8:01 AM
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  What is Collinite cleaner?
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