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    Posted: 25 Jun 09 at 1:01pm
fareclea g7 is the one for putting shine back on gel coat
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I have red topsides on the Byte and use red T cut from halfords every other year, works a treat.
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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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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.
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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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