Doing a Test Spot on the back of the houseboat, it's shady out and I'm trying to get the most gloss possible and looking straight at it does no good but from a angle or looking straight down is helping.
So here's what I'm working with and getting from my process. Using a Harbor Freight Roatry right now until I can get the Flex PE14-2 rotary but it seams to be doing pretty good and held up well under the conditions of the aluminum polishing.
Here's what I'm working with.
And after first application of the heavy cut cleaner wax with the wool foam pad. On about 1500 rpm and with about 12 pound pressure, made 4 or 5 section passes.
And after the second application again with 3 or 4 sectaion passes. I'm not really seeing any improvement or at least I'm not satisfied,
With half tape line removed, I'm not impressed but I know it's got to be me and my technique. After I did this whole section I went back over the entire section again after cleaning my wool foam pad in the pad washer and repeated but man it's taking way to long for no more the a 3 foot wide by 4 foot long section. Hopefully my wool pads will get here today because I'm not liking the wool foam pads to good.
Straight up close pic.
And pic of what I'm using.
I found that when I got down under my test spot looking up on my second application, you could tell I had been tilting my rotary on edge because it had a shine to it, so then I would have to go back over the all area again with the pad flat. Which do I do on the Gel Coat, Pad Flat or tilted on edge just a little?
Finally I had enough of trying to do a one step on this and got out my marine 31 compound and started a 2 step with better results, will have pics late this week, but is this gel coat really bad or is it my technique and trying to make the jump from working on paint all these years to gel coat?