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    Posted: 11 Dec 13 at 1:30pm
As our miss-guided brethren have their floating caravans once more lifted out of the marinas and stuck on chocks, Chandlers begin to rub their hands in glee at the annual anit-fouling bonanza.  Reading some of the marketing stuff that comes with this anit-marine-life unpleasantness, it occurred to me that perhaps there is a market out there, Muck-off like, for super slippery, bound to make you faster round the cans dinghy racing products.

As someone who has occassionally ventured forth with a bit of t-cut and an old rag, I will admit to not having the most sophisticated boat prep routine... what are the winners doing? what about the rest of you? What's the most slippery hull (and or foil) prep routine going?

Are there any UK dinghy classes where we can cross the line between harmless 'fairing' and down right banditry of the underwater shape I also wonder?  Has anyone been caught, SJ Winter Series like, in the act in the past?
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T-Cut on a polyester gelcoat surface - OUCH !
 
Best finish on gelcoat - Farecla G3 applied with plenty of water and a foam compunding head attached to a variable speed electric polisher at ~1200 RPM.
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Just stick £5 notes all over it.... It'll be cheaper and no less effective!



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What's wrong with tcut? Isn't it just a fairly weak cutting compound? How does it compare with Farecla? I've used a bit of tcut on my bottom - oooer missus - till I got bored...... Seemed to do bugger all to the few scratches I tried it on
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Originally posted by didlydon

What's wrong with tcut? Isn't it just a fairly weak cutting compound? How does it compare with Farecla? I've used a bit of tcut on my bottom - oooer missus - till I got bored...... Seemed to do bugger all to the few scratches I tried it on


OK, so I've actually removed (or at least think I have) a few scratches with the redoutable t-cut, but now I'm wondering if its a case of more harm than good, what's this Farecla stuff?
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T-cut is fairly abrasive and will blend a scratch. Never very sure about using it on gel coat but think it will give a 1600+ finish. I always thought a super polished surface was more draggy due surface tension effects?
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I remember the Americas cup boats years back, possibly still in the days of 12m, using a grooved pattern on the hull to create some stickiness to encourage laminar flow.  Apologise for the lack of technical explanation, if I can find anything tomorrow when sober I will post it.
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I've T cut many boats, with mixed results (sometimes an old hull will never come up shiny), but never destroyed any gelcoat. The rubbing compounds from Farecla, which I've used on moulds, have a huge choice of grades.
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Morrisons Value Cream Cleaner is a surprisingly good alternative to many of the abrasive boat cleaners, and at 79p for a large bottle certainly beats anything branded as "marine" for price! It's particularly good on the textured part of Laser decks.

Other than that, I tend to stick with decent quality automotive products for the polishing department. Auto Glym Super Resin Polish seems to work well on gelcoat, and also is much better than many of the others in low temperatures.
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