[Rhodes22-list] Deck Maintenance - how about Poly Glow?

MichaelT mticse at gmail.com
Mon Aug 31 23:05:50 EDT 2009



Anyone ever try Poly Glow? Its gotten rave reviews in Practical Sailor.
See http://www.myboatstore.com/poliglow.asp
Saw it at the newport show last year and found the demo impressive.

Michael


Ron Singerman-2 wrote:
> 
> Dan,
> 
> I have reddone the deck and coaming on Serenity with great results. I saw
> a 
> posting on sailboatowners.com from Maine sail and followed his
> instrtuctions 
> and ended up with like new results.  The most important thing was for me
> to 
> get rid of my old polisher and make the investment in a new one.
> 
> Makita 9227C buffer
> 1  3M Marine rubbing compound(use a wool 3M super-buff COMPOUND grade
> pad).
> 2. 3M Finesse it ( Use a foam # 05725 pad or  yellow wool hook it pad 
> #05713.
> 3. Collinite#885 Fleet Wax and remove with microfiber cloths after hazing 
> with HOH. (2 coats)
> 
> I hope this helps.
> 
>>>ron<<
> S/V Serenity
> 
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> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Daniel Johnson" <djohnson0671 at gmail.com>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 7:01 PM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Deck Maintenance
> 
> 
>> Now that my motor problems are over for a while I hope (bought a Tohatsu
>> 6HP), my next task is to make the deck look good.  Stan doesn't do much
>> to
>> the deck in the recycling process - probably because it would be a very
>> labor intensive process to remove all the deck hardware, since there is
>> no
>> direct access on the underside for most - we have too nice a liner in our
>> cabins.  On my 83, the white deck will clean up nicely if I scrub and
>> polish, but because the gelcoat is long gone, any shoe will leave a print
>> that then must be scrubbed off.  My question is this - short of painting 
>> the
>> deck, is there any kind of sealer or coating that I can put on it other 
>> than
>> traditional boat polish stuff?
>>
>> The new engine ran great this weekend!
>>
>> Dan
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