How can I safely rub out boat with Decals/Stickers?
04-27-2011, 02:31 PM
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Have had very good results using 3M finesse-it II glaze. Apply with a heavy duty polisher 0-4000 RPM with a 10 inch diameter cotton wheel.
Run at 1000 rpm to cover about 2 sq. ft. area at a time, then increase to about 2500 rpm to polish.
Do not use much pressure and should not damage graphics. I always reduce pressure as I go over graphics, never had a problem.
Run at 1000 rpm to cover about 2 sq. ft. area at a time, then increase to about 2500 rpm to polish.
Do not use much pressure and should not damage graphics. I always reduce pressure as I go over graphics, never had a problem.
04-30-2011, 07:57 PM
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I would use a high quality masking tape to tape off your graphics, then let it rip with the polisher. This way your graphics are safe. It only cost about $9.00 a roll for a good roll. I use 3M Green Painters tape. But The Blue 3M tape (available at Lowes or Home Depot) will as well.
Like this (I did this in order to wetsand and polish):
Like this (I did this in order to wetsand and polish):
Last edited by low_psi; 05-01-2011 at 01:56 PM.
05-03-2011, 03:02 PM
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As others have said, masking it is cheap insurance. I've had some vinyl graphics that you could buff like hell and not disturb. Others (Sea Ray notably) took no more than a light hit from a foam pad on a rotary to burn through. When in doubt, mask.
