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Topic: faded grp hull

Posted By: ex laser
Subject: faded grp hull
Date Posted: 22 Jun 09 at 6:07pm

can anyone give me advice on how to restore some shine to an old lightning hull.

its fine were it was covered by the cover, but has faded lower down.

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Posted By: Roy Race
Date Posted: 22 Jun 09 at 6:11pm

T-Cut.

Or if that doesn't work, wet and dry it through the grades. 400 - 600 - 800 - 1000 - 1200. Make sure you don't sand through the gelcoat if doing this.

Posted By: NeilP
Date Posted: 22 Jun 09 at 6:20pm

If it's only faded, don't go through the grades of wet & dry - you'll take far too much material off if you do it properly, and if you don't do it porperly you'll never get the shine back! Flat it thoroughly so it's all evenly matt, but do it with either 1500 or 2000 grit wet & dry. Then wash it off VERY thoroughly and buff it with Farecla (can't remember which one works best on gelcoat, G4 rings a bell) and a hard sponge on a good buffer. Once it's all done, give the hull a few coats of good quality wax to help keep the UV off.

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Posted By: tack'ho
Date Posted: 22 Jun 09 at 7:21pm

I have red topsides on the Byte and use red T cut from halfords every other year, works a treat.

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Posted By: Neal_g
Date Posted: 25 Jun 09 at 1:01pm

fareclea g7 is the one for putting shine back on gel coat

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