You need a real buffer and this it’s a 3 step process if is oxidized and chalky but should come up.
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Re: Best Cleaner/Wax For Imron
"DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU READ OR HEAR AND ONLY HALF OF WHAT YOU SEE" - BEN FRANKLIN
Endless Summer
1967 50c 12/71n DDA 525hp
ex Miss Betsy
owners:
Howard P. Miller 1967-1974
Richard F Hull 1974-1976
Robert J. & R.Scott Smith 1976-present
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Re: Best Cleaner/Wax For Imron
Orbital polishers are a joke for this type of project tou need a lambs wool bonnet.
"DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU READ OR HEAR AND ONLY HALF OF WHAT YOU SEE" - BEN FRANKLIN
Endless Summer
1967 50c 12/71n DDA 525hp
ex Miss Betsy
owners:
Howard P. Miller 1967-1974
Richard F Hull 1974-1976
Robert J. & R.Scott Smith 1976-present
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01-25-2022 05:49 PM #33Senior Member
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Re: Best Cleaner/Wax For Imron
Remember, our Hatteras boats are *PAINTED* so polishing tricks for gel coat are not completely applicable.
That said, I have saved this pro article from 2009 because it is so comprehensive:
https://www.sailnet.com/threads/tips...ish-wax.52772/
A few of us have 'glass boats as well, and some of the tips are relevant for polishing high-quality two part paints.
DAN
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Well, I like to bump an ol' thread so everyone knows what I'mma talking about. Seems like using Finesse-It or Finesse It II is the favorite.
But yeah, I put that ceramic stuff on my truck and it looks great...and held-up for a long time. You'd think there'd be a marine version that suits a Hatteras?At the mouth of the Caloosahatchee
1984 52C
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Is Perfect It the new version of Finesse-It?
3 steps? Aw hell, I'll hire out the entire job.
51FFpFG1JpL._SX466_.jpgAt the mouth of the Caloosahatchee
1984 52C
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Ryan, I've been in your marina. Those two Tiaras will never be as pretty as your Hatteras, even if you hadn't buffed and waxed.
Walt Hoover
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A few years ago, I was at Slane Marine's shop and saw a 60s Hatteras with original Imron on it (granted, Imron's formula back then was probably better than what they make now) Boat looked dingy and dull- but they had buffed and waxed a part of the hull, about two sq feet, to see if it would come back up.
It was amazing. That paint was probably forty years old and it looked clear and bright, felt glass smooth.
BTW, Rejex is mentioned earlier in this thread. Has anyone had much experience with it? It's supposed to be very durable, but I have not used it personally.
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Re: Best Cleaner/Wax For Imron
Finesse-it is more geared to taking swirl marks out of clear cote. It doesn’t really cut the oxidation. The imron most Hatts left the factory with is an acrylic polyurethane enamel. Like gel cote it can be wet sanded and buffed right down through the thickness of the paint. A painter can screw up and have runs which can be block sanded and polished out and you’d never know. Awlgrip on the other hand you can not. Once you break through the surface it will never come back.
"DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU READ OR HEAR AND ONLY HALF OF WHAT YOU SEE" - BEN FRANKLIN
Endless Summer
1967 50c 12/71n DDA 525hp
ex Miss Betsy
owners:
Howard P. Miller 1967-1974
Richard F Hull 1974-1976
Robert J. & R.Scott Smith 1976-present
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01-26-2022 09:43 AM #40
Re: Best Cleaner/Wax For Imron
[QUOTE=BTW, Rejex is mentioned earlier in this thread. Has anyone had much experience with it? It's supposed to be very durable, but I have not used it personally.[/QUOTE] I've been using Rejex on the original Imron paint of hull for past 10 years on recommendation from this site - Love that stuff. You get more then 1 full year out of single application. I do entire hull by hand - you don't need a machine to put on or take off. For scuffed areas I use Finesse-It first, our Mr Clean Magic Eraser sponge, depending what scuff is, before applying. The top decks of my boat are painted with AwlGrip - I find Rejex to be very similar to AwlCare product I use on that in way it goes on and comes off. I find Reject lasts longer then AwlCare.
Scott
1976 43DCFB ,Hull #428, “Exodus”
Long Island, NY