boat oxidation
 

I just bought a 85 wellcraft nova I'm trying to clean it up but needs to be cleaned up. What could I use to rub it out.

I have always used 3M marine products, but I am going to give Leverage polish a try this year, everybody says it's great.

http://leveragepolish.com/

Depending on how bad it is you can compound all you want and you'll just have a shinny faded boat. Here are a couple of pictures of my Formula. I had to go to 400, 600, 1000 grit. I also sanded it dry. Then I followed up with 3M superduty, finesse it II and Collinite 885 wax. The close up picture I have is without the finesse it and wax so it will get a little better yet. Red is the worst to bring back, what color is your boat? If you can post a picture of it and I'll try to tell give you some advise.

The middle is gray and looks dull. It has black on top witch looks fine but the gray looks bad.

My last 242 was "euro" grey.. It's a lot easier to bring back then red. is it as bad as my red was? The one thing with light colors is that its hard to tell what it should look like if everything is chalked up. If you have one, send me a close up picture [email protected]

Aqua buff 2000 is the best and cheapest. Any one who has used it swears by it. You can get it online.

All you need to know is in these 2 links. Enjoy reading

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/f...n-remover.html

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/f...ing-101-a.html

I just used Meguires OR on a 97 baja hammer. It worked good. I will use the leverage products next time I buff out this boat.

meguires deoxidizer kit, its like 30 bucks and has deoxidizer, polish and wax. my boat was sitting on a farm for 3 years without a cover and who knows how long before that, the mcguires has it shinning like new and it wasnt too time consuming. a high speed polisher is a absolute must also. harbor freight sells them around 50 bucks, i have had mine 5 years and use it all the time and never had a issue with it.

Like was said wet sanding and buffing are the only way to do it. Use wet paper 400, 600, 1000 then aquabuff 1000 then 2000, then wax. Its not that easy, a lot of work.