Restoring Tower Finish
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Printed Date: March-09-2025 at 9:50am
Topic: Restoring Tower Finish
Posted By: cboland
Subject: Restoring Tower Finish
Date Posted: May-01-2019 at 12:34pm
The finish of my gen 2 FCT is looking faded/oxidized after enough years of exposure to the sun. Does anyone have experience polishing one of these up and, if so, what products/techniques are effective? Removing the tower and powder coating again is not really an option at this time.
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Bud
1999 Sport Nautique
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Posted By: tryathlete
Date Posted: May-01-2019 at 1:18pm
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I’m thinking if there’s no peeling or blistering you could get a few years out of a good wet spray epoxy but you’re gonna spend a lot of time masking for a few years of glory. Best way is to bite the bullet and pull the tower, blast old paint off and have it powder coated.
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Posted By: gt40KS
Date Posted: May-01-2019 at 2:33pm
+1 - pull the tower. Not worth the headache or mess to tape it off and work around the rest of the boat. Powder coat should last a lot longer and likely be much more durable than paint anyway
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JCCI
1995 Ski Nautique GT40
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Posted By: cboland
Date Posted: May-01-2019 at 2:54pm
Interesting - I had assumed all along these things were powder coated from the factory, not painted.
I hear you on pulling it, but since there are no chips, bubbles, or other issues I was hoping that using a rubbing compound type of product along with a drill attachment might yield a decent result for the time being.
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Bud
1999 Sport Nautique
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Posted By: tryathlete
Date Posted: May-01-2019 at 3:00pm
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Pick a spot and buff it with light polishing compound. If it brightens up and you can keep from cutting through the coating there’s a chance you can bring it back. Nothing to lose if you don’t cut through it. If you do, I’m sure you can touch it up.
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