View Single Post
Old 08-06-2013, 01:39 PM   #2
Mike Phillips
 
Mike Phillips's Avatar
 
Status: Director of Training
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 675
Default Re: Product Compatibility and other questions

Quote:
Originally Posted by jmb18 View Post

My center console and the inside of my boat look similar on oxidation severity as your Boston Whaler project.

http://www.marine31online.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21

I plan on replicating the steps you did, but I would like to top it with the Blackfire crystal seal paint sealant. Any problems with durability of the paint sealant over the Marine 31 AIO?

Great question as I know everyone wants to get the most benefits out of their time, energy and products...


If it were me? I would do a very good job of wiping the All-In-One Gel Coat Polish & Wax off and then apply and r-u-b the Blackfire Crystal Seal Paint Sealant thoroughly into the gel-coat.

Gel-coats are a lot more porous than moder automotive clear coats and the last thing you want to do after correcting the finish is turn around and dry it out by using any type of solvent to chemically strip it just to make sure the Blackfire Crystal Seal Paint Sealant will stick. But because gel-coat is porous that means you can push the protection ingredients "into" the gel-coat at least to some level. So apply it with some passion behind the pad and maybe even apply two coats.


Quote:
Originally Posted by jmb18 View Post


Would the Blackfire total polish and seal give the same results as the Marine 31 AIO?
The Blackfire Total Polish and Seal is a light cleaner/wax too, usually automotive products are not as aggressive as gel-coat or marine products because automotive clear coat paint are easily scratched and because they are laying over a colored basecoat, the scratches show up easily to your eyes.

This isn't a problem of course with gel-coat finishes.

If the oxidation or staining is light I'd give it a try, it's actually a very good cleaner/wax for light duty correction work.


Quote:
Originally Posted by jmb18 View Post

Any other sealant you recommend for boats? My main priorities are ease of use, durability, and protection.
For any gel-coat surface that is new, like new or that had been previously cleaned and polished, the normal route is to apply a non-cleaning wax or sealant. For this Marine 31 has a dedicated product that is a hybrid in that it is a blended product using both natural Carnauba wax plus synthetic protection ingredients.

Marine 31 Gel Coat Carnauba Wax + Sealant


Quote:
Originally Posted by jmb18 View Post

Also, what color foam pad would you recommend for either AIO?

Thanks

Usually when applying any type of AIO since the goal is to clean, polish and protect and included int the word "protect" is the idea of leaving behind a nice looking finish, (even on a white boat), then you choose "polishing" foam pads.

So in general terms, there are in order of most aggressive to least aggressive,

Foam Cutting pads
Foam Polishing Pads <------ this one
Foam Finishing Pads
Foam Waxing Pads
Foam Jewelling Pads


What type of tool are you using to apply the cleaner/wax with?



__________________
Made by boat people for boat people...
Mike Phillips is offline   Reply With Quote