Marine: Boating, Sailing, PWC, GPS and Navigation - clean old boat

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phantom20
01-14-07, 10:40 AM
i have a phantom that has been standing on my drive for some 10 years the sun has dulled the paint i have tryed to clean it with all sorts of cleaners and even tryed to mop it but still it looks bad im giving it to my son and want it back to how it was when we had her nice and shiny then i can have it retrimed
Regards Ray

twelvepole
01-14-07, 11:03 AM
Wood or fiberglass?

For fiberglass, here is a helpful link: http://powerboat.about.com/od/fiberglass/a/Faded_fiberglas.htm

For overall cleaning:

http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog.CFPage?&mode=article&objectID=28741&cat=Marine&cm_sp=FeaturedArticles-_-OL_12_20_06-_-28741
Ed Imeduc
01-18-07, 10:02 PM
Have you tried www.defenders.com also westmarine.com They both have what you want in a fiberglass Restorer

thezster
01-20-07, 05:07 PM
Please.. let us know how it turns out... I'm very interested. I've a 20 yr old fiberglass boat... and, nothing - short of buying the orbital buffer and getting after it ... has given me a truly clean/bright new boat finish. I'm about to the point of having it painted... unless the suggestion of compound with the orbital unit works....
Ed Imeduc
01-21-07, 07:44 PM
20 years old Id go for a Awlgrip paint job. Thats what they would do down in the islands