"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
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Maxprop wrote:


We keep hoping the high fuel prices will discourage powerboaters, but no
such luck. They seem to be inflation-proof around here.

If you can afford several hundred thousand for a high powered penis
substitute, the cost of fuel is rather unimportant! ;-)

A large motor yacht fueled up on the gas dock across from our slip this past
summer. It was there over four hours and onloaded nearly 2200 gallons
before the marina's tank ran dry.

Max

My boat is Awlgripped, so I use US Paint's products.


Edgar wrote:
Maxprop, my boat is also Awlgripped. It was done in USA before I brought her
over here but Awlgrip is not heard of here although there are probably
similar products sold under different names.
Anyway, it is a lovely white finish but after the winter layup she needs
cleaning off and waxing-or something.
What US Paint product do you use?


You can put wax on Awlgrip. Clean it well first, but don't
use abrasive. Actually you could probably use a very fine
abrasive polish (Awlgrip is just a 2 part LPU paint, hard
finish) but unless the finish is very old & yukked up, you
shouldn't need to.

Almost any car wax will do, although IMHO the best marine
wax is a 3M product called "Marine Wax" (those crazy guys).

DSK

DSK wrote:
My boat is Awlgripped, so I use US Paint's products.


Edgar wrote:
Maxprop, my boat is also Awlgripped. It was done in USA before I
brought her
over here but Awlgrip is not heard of here although there are probably
similar products sold under different names.
Anyway, it is a lovely white finish but after the winter layup she needs
cleaning off and waxing-or something.
What US Paint product do you use?


You can put wax on Awlgrip. Clean it well first, but don't use abrasive.
Actually you could probably use a very fine abrasive polish (Awlgrip is
just a 2 part LPU paint, hard finish) but unless the finish is very old
& yukked up, you shouldn't need to.

Almost any car wax will do, although IMHO the best marine wax is a 3M
product called "Marine Wax" (those crazy guys).

DSK

Our O'Day 27 was Awlgrip...we just used TurtleWax on it...