Shine Fades after a day

[Lawns570]

I have a 96' Nitro... 16' Fiberglass bass boat. I picked it up last year and decided this spring it was time to put some time into it. I washed it up real good, but it still had a faded chalky looked. I picked up Meguires 3 step system. I used a small buffer and used the ovxidation remover, polish, and then wax. It looked really good, but within 1 day of being outside it had started to fade and almost has the chalky look again on parts....

What am I doing wrong?

 

[Fastatv]

I have a 96' Nitro... 16' Fiberglass bass boat. I picked it up last year and decided this spring it was time to put some time into it. I washed it up real good, but it still had a faded chalky looked. I picked up Meguires 3 step system. I used a small buffer and used the ovxidation remover, polish, and then wax. It looked really good, but within 1 day of being outside it had started to fade and almost has the chalky look again on parts....

What am I doing wrong?

You basically "shined" the oxidation......you will need to buff it longer in an attempt to remove the oxidation....or wet sand it, then buff it.

 

[mjf55]

Lawns, do this google search: Maine Sail Tips for Compound, Polish & Wax[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif].[/FONT]

 

[fhhuber]

You basically "shined" the oxidation......you will need to buff it longer in an attempt to remove the oxidation....or wet sand it, then buff it.

Yep...

Just gotta remove more of the oxidized layer.

 

[ondarvr]

I'm assuming this is a metal-flake finish, if so be careful when trying to remove the oxidized finish, the clear can be thin and if you sand and/or buff through it and into the flake layer it will look odd.

The reason it looks good short term is because the oils in the compounds coat the surface of the gel coat and hide the oxidation for a while, but as they go away the chalky look returns. The chalky finish needs to be removed completely for it to look good for a longer period of time. Just be careful and don't go through the clear.

There are some very controversial methods that sometimes yield good results too, but they tend to create big arguments as soon as they're suggested.

 

[Waterk9]

If it is metal flake finish be careful not to go thru the clear, not much you can do after that. If it's straight white or colored gel coat start with a heavy grit polishing compound (3M red) than go back to the Meguires fallowed bye a wax.