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JPASS 
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Joined: June-17-2013 Location: Orlando Status: Offline Points: 2283 |
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 Posted: November-20-2014 at 8:45pm |
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I just picked up this porta cable orbital polisher from a detail supply friend of mine.
Haven't tried it out yet though.  |
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'92 Correctcraft Ski Nautique
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8122pbrainard
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Joined: September-14-2006 Location: Three Lakes Wi. Status: Offline Points: 41040 |
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Posted: November-20-2014 at 9:47pm |
JP, How heavy is the oxidation you are trying to remove? Typically a RO will not take the place of a rotary. |
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JPASS
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Posted: November-20-2014 at 10:32pm |
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There's no real oxidation on our boat. This polisher is to keep it nice and shiny. Polish once or twice a year and wax 3-4 times a year. depending on how she looks.
It will also come in handy for use on the family autos. |
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'92 Correctcraft Ski Nautique
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gpax
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Joined: July-09-2013 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 18 |
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Posted: January-18-2015 at 12:57pm |
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I have a few questions as I'm about to undertake this on my 97 Sport Nautique.
I have bought the 3 3M products recommended. What pads should I buy for rotary and does anyone have a good place online to pick those up? I plan on removing my decals. Any idea where I can get new ones. I've contacted my local dealer in Orlando but have received no response. If I do need to wetsand is the process done by hand with just dipping the sandpaper in a bucket of water? |
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Gary S
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Joined: November-30-2006 Location: Illinois Status: Offline Points: 14096 |
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Posted: January-18-2015 at 1:23pm |
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It should tell you on the bottles what pads to use,white foam is for compound,black for polish and blue is for ultra polish . Don't go cheap on the sandpaper 3m once again is great,change it often. Doing it by hand will kill you but you won't make any mistakes,resist the urge to go with coarse paper,do a section with 1000 or 1200 and see how it goes if needed. If your boat is not bad the compounds will do fine.
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Orlando76
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Joined: May-21-2013 Location: Mount Dora, FL Status: Offline Points: 3108 |
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Posted: January-18-2015 at 1:43pm |
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Truthfully I'd go to somebody/sponsor on here for the decals rather our lovely dealer.
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TX Foilhead
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Joined: February-01-2009 Location: Kingsland TX Status: Offline Points: 2076 |
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Posted: January-20-2015 at 6:19pm |
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3M makes pads for each of the 3 compounds/polishes, there's a kit on Amazon that includes the polishes and the pads. Get some pad cleaner and clean up the pads when you're done and they'll last a long time, I've done the boat 2 times and 2 full size trucks and the pads are still looking good.
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Hollywood
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Joined: February-04-2004 Location: Twin Lakes, WI Status: Offline Points: 13512 |
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Posted: January-20-2015 at 6:21pm |
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I used foam pads on the BFN and it turned out good but it also started pretty decent. No sanding and I went right over the decals, pinstripe was removed prior to. I have wool pads for the Martinique, it's going to require a much more aggressive effort to shine that thing up.
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TX Foilhead
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Posted: January-20-2015 at 6:31pm |
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The last step of the 3M stuff will polish the decals, I wasn't brave enough to try anything more aggressive on them. It also does a pretty good job of minimizing the orange peel on a new vehicle if you're looking for something to do after you finish polishing the boat.
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Hollywood
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Posted: January-20-2015 at 6:38pm |
I definitely don't have that problem. |
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84SNautique
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Posted: January-21-2015 at 10:23pm |
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I checked Amazon and there two polishing kits. One is around $26 and the other is $132. Which one are you referring to?
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TX Foilhead
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Posted: January-24-2015 at 11:13pm |
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Get the complete one with 3 bottles of polish and 3 pads.
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phatsat67
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Posted: January-25-2015 at 10:24am |
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I have a Dewalt rotary that seems to be a pretty nice piece. I am a fan of Dewalt anyhow. It lets you get down below 1000 rpms in speed I believe.
I've buffed 100s of cars over my time but only brought two boats back from wet sanded surfaces. I need to read up and start buying some products as the dash is the first spot on the docket to wet sand and buff. Deck will just receive a 2 or 3 state aggressive to final polish buff. |
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