Hi,
I'm new to the forum, but have lurked for awhile. Here's the problem I have run into-
I bought my dinghy last year at the beginning of the season. So therefore, just about a year ago. It is a '09 Walker Bay Genesis Deluxe 270 RIB, with an '88 Evinrude 9.9 Motor. As the season went on the pontoons (PVC, not hypalon) became more and more yellow, and more and more sticky (Yes, sticky; like when you sat up off the pontoons you had to pull your shorts off). After some research I found out that this was known as sun fading (the yellowing-not the sticky). For every resolution to the sun fading problem on line, there was at least one guy to say that will damage your pontoons in the long run. The only thing that was supposedly safe that I found was the Orange Off cleaner (Linked below). However, it seemed very expensive, and even though I did have the money to buy it, I was unsure of if it would even work. This is coming from someone who let their neighbors dog out for 5 years and saved all the money to buy a dinghy, with some left over to buy parts if necessary. Also, I've paid for every cent of the dinghy and motor thus far. Therefore, a gallon of bleach seemed like a far better idea. I called Walker Bay, and even though my pontoons were still under their 5 year warrantee, Walker Bay couldn't do anything for me. However, they recommended Orange Off to fix the problem. So I procrastinated through the entire winter while it was sitting in the basement. When spring came around I bought the Orange Off, which isn't THAT expensive anyway, it just is compared to other cleaning substances. It worked FANTASTIC and got rid of all sun fading completely. I even went as far to buy and use the "Bixler's Elixir" (from the same company as the Orange Off) to protect it from sun fading again.
Now, just 4 weeks after I put the dinghy in the water (it stays in all summer) Guess what's happening again? Yup, sun fading, AND it being sticky. So I ask you all, what's the best wax/protectant to stop this from happening?
TL;DR My RIB is sunfading again, what's the best wax/protectant to stop this from happening?
P.S. Am I in the right section of the forum? (I did read the forum rules, by the way). Am I even on the right forum, or is there a better forum to ask this question?? No idea where to go really...
1st pic; End of Last Year
2nd and 3rd pic; Beginning of this year
4th and 5th pic; Currently
I'm new to the forum, but have lurked for awhile. Here's the problem I have run into-
I bought my dinghy last year at the beginning of the season. So therefore, just about a year ago. It is a '09 Walker Bay Genesis Deluxe 270 RIB, with an '88 Evinrude 9.9 Motor. As the season went on the pontoons (PVC, not hypalon) became more and more yellow, and more and more sticky (Yes, sticky; like when you sat up off the pontoons you had to pull your shorts off). After some research I found out that this was known as sun fading (the yellowing-not the sticky). For every resolution to the sun fading problem on line, there was at least one guy to say that will damage your pontoons in the long run. The only thing that was supposedly safe that I found was the Orange Off cleaner (Linked below). However, it seemed very expensive, and even though I did have the money to buy it, I was unsure of if it would even work. This is coming from someone who let their neighbors dog out for 5 years and saved all the money to buy a dinghy, with some left over to buy parts if necessary. Also, I've paid for every cent of the dinghy and motor thus far. Therefore, a gallon of bleach seemed like a far better idea. I called Walker Bay, and even though my pontoons were still under their 5 year warrantee, Walker Bay couldn't do anything for me. However, they recommended Orange Off to fix the problem. So I procrastinated through the entire winter while it was sitting in the basement. When spring came around I bought the Orange Off, which isn't THAT expensive anyway, it just is compared to other cleaning substances. It worked FANTASTIC and got rid of all sun fading completely. I even went as far to buy and use the "Bixler's Elixir" (from the same company as the Orange Off) to protect it from sun fading again.
Now, just 4 weeks after I put the dinghy in the water (it stays in all summer) Guess what's happening again? Yup, sun fading, AND it being sticky. So I ask you all, what's the best wax/protectant to stop this from happening?
TL;DR My RIB is sunfading again, what's the best wax/protectant to stop this from happening?
P.S. Am I in the right section of the forum? (I did read the forum rules, by the way). Am I even on the right forum, or is there a better forum to ask this question?? No idea where to go really...
1st pic; End of Last Year
2nd and 3rd pic; Beginning of this year
4th and 5th pic; Currently
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