Floor waxed the Tique

Roy, tell us more about your blister situation. Looks like you took all the gel off the bottom and had it re sprayed?

My 78 Ski Nautique has a rope rub rail that I believe is original

I seen your post about the black rubber/rope rub rail not being available until sometime in the 80's. I know they offered in in 79 for sure as a Standard feature on several boats and I think they offered it as an option in 78. I have a 78 and a 79 Nautique and they both have the rubber rail and appear to be original.

dwcar wrote: Roym wrote: I was willing to try it on my $500.00 Tique. Thats a nice looking 500.00 boat Roy!

Yeah the PO passed away (neighbor) and his daughter sold it to me for 500 bucks. It worked for us both as she needed to get rid of it.

I did have to pay $75.00 more for the matching trailer

It runs great,just needed a carb rebuild and starter motor.

Gary S wrote: In all due respect it looks as if your boat was in pretty nice shape to begin with,I would have liked to see some before pictures.

Well not really, but I did clean polish it up last year. It was not in terrible shape above the water line, just below. The PO left it in the water for 18 years and did not ever run it.

WHEN I FIRST GOT IT


AFTER FIXING BLISTERS, AND REPAINTING THE GRAPHICS

Rope rub rails didn't show up till later...maybe 1980?

My 78 would have originally had a stainless rub rail.

Never know with CC tho, Pat's 84 Tique has stainless.

The rub rail is the original as far as I know. This is a Ski Tique and not a Nautique, so that might be the difference.

Here are a few photos I just took. The weather here is very gray and overcast, so there's no sun to brighten things up. (Yeah I know it's the sunshine state, but they lied!!)

No not a quick fix, in fact it is suppose to last for a year or longer.
I am not saying this is better then wet sanding and polish, however it is a option, and very easy to do.

I read quite a few posts on this and decided to give it a try. It seems to come out as stated by others. Time will tell if it holds up.

If it doesn't hold up I can pressure wash the boat, or wet sand it at that time.

From what I read this process was started with boats in Florida, and then was adopted by the RV people. I don't know who tried it first, I would guess someone with a faded boat who had leftover floor wax.

There is always a better way to do things. I would think that at some time in the past electric buffers were not popular when waxing, now everyone uses one.

Keep us posted. I always tell my son if its to hard or to easy you are probably doing it wrong. Time will tell.

According to many many posts on RV forums it doesn't turn yellow. People have used it on there expensive RV motorhomes, and swear by it.

All the negative responses had been addressed there. Here's the link if you want to read up on it.
http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/24787754.cfm

There is a stripper for it, but no one has had to do that. I hear ammomia will also take it off. I don't think I would have much trouble taking it off with a pressure washer and maybe the stripper. I am not even concerned about getting it off.

I had polished the sides with polish and a buffer about a year ago. I didn't want to mess with that again and was interested in trying this. I figure if someone can do their expensive motor home, I was willing to try it on my $500.00 Tique.

I hope this stuff is not like VCT wax that will have to be stripped later like floor wax. Not doggin ya out. But if it does have to be stripped it would be a real mess.

Waldo

Pics?? I know you don't have before, but what about after? BKH