Who has discovered the easiest spray and wipe to keep older gel coat looking decent. I see some miracle claims about ceramics. I don’t want to polish for days. Looking for ez….. thanks

I like the Lucas slick mist speed wax. Can get it anywhere.

Boat Bling Hot Sauce works great. Just mist it on and towel off each time you come off the water.

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FossilFuel,

I used ChemicalGuys HydroSlick ceramic/wax hybrid, and am very pleased with the results. Pretty much the same gloss you will get from full ceramic (to my 53yo eyes, at least), and I finished a 28' in less than a day.

Short of something like that, Maguire's QuikDetailer seems to work well enough for regular detail work.

Thanks. Brad.

I use System X Renew. Very glossy, easy to put on and seems to last a while for a spray. I spray it on the cloth instead of directly on the boat or car and the 16 oz bottle seems to go a long way.

I tried hot sauce. Great for fresh water marks removal. I did not see any shine improvements on gel coat. Extremely acidic.

Thanks. Noted.

Just to make sure, you use the Marine Version ?

pretty sure adding marine to the label just means it costs twice as much and lasts half as long.

Hmmm. More females should have that name.

Here's my take and has worked on many boats we have bought then sold in the past and the new owners always had good feed back on how easy it is to keep them clean. We have always had any boat we owned wet sanded and buffed completely then 2 coats of wax applied. Meguiars ultimate paste has always worked great for us. Then we always wiped the boat down with a good detail spray after loading on the trailer. Meguiars wash and wax is our go to. After that the boat got hand washed when we got home. All of our boats stayed looking like a mirror and doing this kept them very easy to clean up. Also every few weeks I alway do a quick hand wax. It sounds like a lot to do but once you've got the first round done, its minimal time each week to keep everything looking good.