3M Perfect-It Gelcoat Light Cutting Polish & Wax Replaces Discontinued Product Boat Wax Marine Fibreglass Cleaner and Wax

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The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences. One big difference with a fibreglass panel with Gelcoat is that it will be thicker than your average paint coat, after saying that though you do still need to be careful. I favour synthetic sealants and one of my favourites and not just for fibre glass - its great on plastics, paints, glass and it lasts and lasts, water is still beading on my roof after being stood outside over the winter. One of the key points I hoped you picked up on above is the importance of recognising what a polish is actually doing. The best product currently available for the job on caravans is 3M Perfect-It Gelcoat Light Cutting Wax.

Improper or even abrasive detergents affect the brilliance and shine of the acrylic and mineral cast surface and it becomes dull and matt. If you are doing it right it should polish the fibreglass and create a healthy splatter about the place.As you can see from the video above, using the 3M cutting/polishing compound does take quite a bit of elbow grease. Car body panels are painted/lacquered in a completely different way than thinly painted aluminium caravan body panels.

Easy on, easy off last step wax provides both long-lasting protection to fiberglass, while leaving behind a high gloss shine and durable protective coating that shields all season against weathering; UV, salt spray and more. I was a little unsure wether in time the autoglym polish would cause any problems by way of a reaction with the fibre glass or the paint finish on the fibre glass sides. You will need to remove all imperfections/blemishes till your happy (using a polish or cutting compound) . A boat, by default, has different components and is made from a couple of different materials, most notably fibreglass and aluminium. I do my van at the beginning of the vanning season, after washing the crapp/muck off I use Autoglym super Resin Polish which is a wax then I use Autoglym After Gloss Protection.Which I guess is what fibreglass needs - something to cut through the surface a little way and get back to something which can be polished. However, the current label for the light grade of 3M cutting compound wax polish does reference for use on caravans.

Colour transfer is usually only found when polishing single stage paint which is a colour coat with No lacquer over the top. This is important because the hull cleaner won’t work if there is grease, as it’ll act as a barrier between the hull and the cleaner. Follow the instructions on the tin - most say rub the polish onto an area about a metre square, allow to dry to a haze the polish off with a soft cloth. Trusty tcut sorted that out but i now carry a rag in the boot to remove the plop ASAP to avoid damage. New Zealand The cost of one of these Sea Cat fibreglass reinforced plastic boats with a 25 hp outboard engine is 3,000 euros.Can’t say enough about this product,my boats acrylic windows were that bad from sun bleach and marks u could not see though them,I used this on a wool polishing pad on slow speed and they came up like new. Getting your polishing cloth caught on the edge of the sticker may start to lift it off the bodywork. It is very important that gelcoat cutting compound polishes are not used on the aluminium body panels of your caravan.