[Rhodes22-list] Poliglow

elle watermusic38 at yahoo.com
Thu Nov 13 15:45:33 EST 2008 

Wally,

I have only used it (PG) on white, but I have seen it on red & blue & it looked fantastic...maybe it was in the prep....of course, not much can compare w/Awlgrip..but what I've seen was pretty darn good.

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, TN Rhodey <tnrhodey at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: TN Rhodey <tnrhodey at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Poliglow
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Date: Thursday, November 13, 2008, 3:40 PM
> 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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