[Rhodes22-list] Saroj waxes

Sun Jun 8 10:55:36 EDT 2003

Saroj:
	Aurora Sure Step is very difficult to find over the counter.  As
are all their products getting to be.  You can order them via the
internet direct and they Fed Ex them to you (this program is new this
year).  But I don't know if Brad wants to go to Toronto.
	They are a small Canadian company and have a hard to deal with
distribution method.  Many Marinas would like to carry some of their
products but they will only ship a full case or worse a complete line.
Sure step is not their only good product, but a small marina would not
want to get two dozen cans at once.  Nor, as the lady who owns the
marina where I stay, she for sure doesn't want a display full of their
complete line.
	This way of doing business may be why BoatUS has dropped their
line, and why West Marine doesn't carry it.
		Ed K
-----Original Message-----
From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Saroj
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 8:00 PM
To: Bill Effros; R22 list
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Collinite

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

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: FNuttersNY at aol.com
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  Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 8:01 AM
  Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Cabin hatch lock workaround

  What is Collinite cleaner?
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