[Rhodes22-list] Poliglow

Thu Nov 13 15:40:35 EST 2008

I have used Poliglow in the past. It works well if it is applied correctly.
It did not seem to work well on my blue gelcoat. I think it works best with
white or off white hull.

Wally

On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Bill 3-4-08 Test <bill at effros.com> wrote:

> Elle,
>
> How long does the Poliglow last?
>
> How do you strip it?
>
> Can you put wax on top of it?
>
> How slippery does it get?
>
> Do you use it only on your hull, or elsewhere?
>
> Bill Effros
>
>
>
> elle wrote:
> > Brad,
> >
> > Have you tried Poli-Glow?
> >
> > It won't work on the paint that GBI uses (Stan tells me it will soften
> the topcoat...) but on gelcoat it is spectacular.
> >
> > Not expensive, easy to put on & maintain, and looks fabulous.
> >
> > elle
> >
> > We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
> >
> > 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)
> >
> >
> > --- On Thu, 11/13/08, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> From: Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Is Royal Blue Awl Grip.....now pic
> >> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >> Date: Thursday, November 13, 2008, 12:15 PM
> >> Wally,
> >>
> >> It sounds like you faced the same situation I'm facing.
> >>  The gelcoat
> >> will buff out beautiful, it just won't stay that way
> >> but for a month.
> >> I'll be curious to hear your report on the
> >> transformation of the
> >> topsides after a year.  I'm all for painting the hull,
> >> it is the
> >> topsides I'm having doubts about.  At the risk of
> >> starting a new
> >> thread, since the economy is down, have the Mexicans looked
> >> at the
> >> boat painting market?
> >>
> >> Brad
> >>
> >> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:40 AM, TN Rhodey
> >> <tnrhodey at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Brad, I am lazy...if I paid the yard to paint I would
> >>>
> >> not have to wash,
> >>
> >>> compound, and wax!
> >>>
> >>> Actually the gel coat is 25 years old and to restore
> >>>
> >> required a bunch of
> >>
> >>> buffing and waxing. After a month it would look like
> >>>
> >> shit. Each year it
> >>
> >>> seemed to get worse. Since the boat was already hauled
> >>>
> >> I decided to go ahead
> >>
> >>> and have old blue painted.
> >>>
> >>> Wally
> >>> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Brad Haslett
> >>>
> >> <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>>> Wally,
> >>>>
> >>>> What was the condition of your topside that made
> >>>>
> >> you decide to paint
> >>
> >>>> it?  Mine is faded and after polishing it fades
> >>>>
> >> again quickly.  Leon
> >>
> >>>> Slicker, the builder of my boat (S2), still has
> >>>>
> >> one of the best
> >>
> >>>> reputations in the industry for the quality of his
> >>>>
> >> gelcoat (he now
> >>
> >>>> builds high-end powerboats) but 25 years weather
> >>>>
> >> is 25 years of
> >>
> >>>> weather and it takes it toll.  There's a part
> >>>>
> >> of me that wants to stay
> >>
> >>>> original and another competing motivation that
> >>>>
> >> wants to say, "the
> >>
> >>>> hell-with-it, go for the least maintenance
> >>>>
> >> solution".  Someone help me
> >>
> >>>> make a decision and send some money!
> >>>>
> >>>> Brad
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 8:20 AM, TN Rhodey
> >>>>
> >> <tnrhodey at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>>>> Cool my pic came through. They catch a bunch
> >>>>>
> >> of flak about over spray
> >>
> >>>> from
> >>>>
> >>>>> EPA so they roll and tip. My yard has some
> >>>>>
> >> talent and the most complete
> >>
> >>>>> haul-out capabilities on this part of the TN
> >>>>>
> >> River. Plus the guys that
> >>
> >>>>> painted my boat have worked there for 7 and 3
> >>>>>
> >> years. I have seen them do
> >>
> >>>>> some amazing work.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The bottom paint was an ablative ...not
> >>>>>
> >> Micron CSC but something else
> >>
> >>>> maybe
> >>>>
> >>>>> from Petit? I can't remember but they
> >>>>>
> >> applied 2 coats. I also had them
> >>
> >>>>> remove an old unused plastic transducer and
> >>>>>
> >> glass in the hole. I took
> >>
> >>>>> advantage of end of season special that
> >>>>>
> >> waived haul out and pressure
> >>
> >>>> washing
> >>>>
> >>>>> with any bottom paint job. We looked at the
> >>>>>
> >> hull with something like a
> >>
> >>>>> jewelers loop. They advised me it was time to
> >>>>>
> >> paint.
> >>
> >>>>> The cost for Haul out, pressure wash, Bottom
> >>>>>
> >> job (4 small blisters),
> >>
> >>>> painted
> >>>>
> >>>>> boot stripe, Awlgrip topsides, glassed in
> >>>>>
> >> thru hull, and launch totaled
> >>
> >>>> $3K.
> >>>>
> >>>>> Fair winds,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Wally
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Brad Haslett
> >>>>>
> >> <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>>>>> Wally,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> What application method did you/they use?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Brad
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 7:07 AM, TN
> >>>>>>
> >> Rhodey <tnrhodey at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>>>>>> I have had trouble with attachments
> >>>>>>>
> >> and gmail on the list....the paint
> >>
> >>>>>> job
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> came out great. I went with Awl Grip
> >>>>>>>
> >> (Flag Blue) based on my yards
> >>
> >>>>>>> experience. I used to tell people to
> >>>>>>>
> >> look for the little faded blue
> >>
> >>>> sail
> >>>>
> >>>>>>> boat.....no more!
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I wonder if this will work?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Wally
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 9:26 PM, Bob
> >>>>>>>
> >> Keller <
> >>
> >>>> r22yankeeclipper at hotmail.com
> >>>>
> >>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> I've been through this
> >>>>>>>>
> >> before.  Stan has used Awl Craft paint.  You
> >>
> >>>> can
> >>>>
> >>>>>>>> google it, call Akzo Nobel and
> >>>>>>>>
> >> they will send you a color selector
> >>
> >>>> and
> >>>>
> >>>>>> you
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> can verify what color you have
> >>>>>>>>
> >> or what color ou want.  Awl Craft is
> >>
> >>>>>>>> apparently easier to match and
> >>>>>>>>
> >> repair then Awl Grip.  I had someone
> >>
> >>>>>> repair
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> mine and it is perfect.  They
> >>>>>>>>
> >> also make a special polymeric wax for
> >>
> >>>> the
> >>>>
> >>>>>> Awl
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Craft.  I bought some, use it
> >>>>>>>>
> >> and it is amazing - the hull shines.
> >>
> >>>>  Very
> >>>>
> >>>>>>>> easy to use and I have been
> >>>>>>>>
> >> waxing the hull twice a year with it.
> >>
> >>>>>>>> Bob K
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> From:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >> jbconnolly at comcast.net> To:
> >> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >>
> >>>> Date:
> >>>>
> >>>>>> Wed,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> 1 Oct 2008 19:04:52 +0000>
> >>>>>>>>
> >> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Is Royal Blue
> >>
> >>>>>> Awl
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Grip.....> > I think mine
> >>>>>>>>
> >> is "Flag Blue". Not sure that it is Awlgrip
> >>
> >>>>>> brand,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> though.> > Jim
> >>>>>>>>
> >> Connolly> > > -------------- Original message
> >>
> >>>>>>>> ----------------------> From:
> >>>>>>>>
> >> "TN Rhodey" <tnrhodey at gmail.com>> > My
> >>
> >>>>>> boat
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> is on the hard for bottom job. I
> >>>>>>>>
> >> am considering painting topsides as>
> >>
> >>>>>>>> well. What Awl Grip Blue does GB
> >>>>>>>>
> >> use? Is it the Royal Blue? My old
> >>
> >>>> blue
> >>>>
> >>>>>> 84>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> may finally get
> >>>>>>>>>
> >> painted.> > > > Thanks - Wally> >
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