[Rhodes22-list] Poliglow
elle
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Thu Nov 13 14:54:40 EST 2008
GASP! HERB!
'marm
We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
1992 Rhodes 22 Recyc '06 "WaterMusic" (Lady in Red)
--- On Thu, 11/13/08, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:
> From: Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Poliglow
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Date: Thursday, November 13, 2008, 2:49 PM
> Bill,
>
> Aren't some of those questions .... well .... a little
> "personal" to be
> asking a lady?
>
>
> Bill Effros wrote:
> > Elle,
> >
> > How long does the Poliglow last?
> >
> > How do you strip it?
> >
> > Can you put wax on top of it?
> >
> > How slippery does it get?
> >
> > Do you use it only on your hull, or elsewhere?
> >
> > Bill Effros
> >
> >
> >
> > elle wrote:
> >
> >> Brad,
> >>
> >> Have you tried Poli-Glow?
> >>
> >> It won't work on the paint that GBI uses (Stan
> tells me it will soften the topcoat...) but on gelcoat it is
> spectacular.
> >>
> >> Not expensive, easy to put on & maintain, and
> looks fabulous.
> >>
> >> elle
> >>
> >> We can't change the angle of the wind....but
> we can adjust our sails.
> >>
> >> 1992 Rhodes 22 Recyc '06
> "WaterMusic" (Lady in Red)
> >>
> >>
> >> --- On Thu, 11/13/08, Brad Haslett
> <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> From: Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com>
> >>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Is Royal Blue Awl
> Grip.....now pic
> >>> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List"
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >>> Date: Thursday, November 13, 2008, 12:15 PM
> >>> Wally,
> >>>
> >>> It sounds like you faced the same situation
> I'm facing.
> >>> The gelcoat
> >>> will buff out beautiful, it just won't
> stay that way
> >>> but for a month.
> >>> I'll be curious to hear your report on the
> >>> transformation of the
> >>> topsides after a year. I'm all for
> painting the hull,
> >>> it is the
> >>> topsides I'm having doubts about. At the
> risk of
> >>> starting a new
> >>> thread, since the economy is down, have the
> Mexicans looked
> >>> at the
> >>> boat painting market?
> >>>
> >>> Brad
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:40 AM, TN Rhodey
> >>> <tnrhodey at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Brad, I am lazy...if I paid the yard to
> paint I would
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> not have to wash,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> compound, and wax!
> >>>>
> >>>> Actually the gel coat is 25 years old and
> to restore
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> required a bunch of
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> buffing and waxing. After a month it would
> look like
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> shit. Each year it
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> seemed to get worse. Since the boat was
> already hauled
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> I decided to go ahead
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> and have old blue painted.
> >>>>
> >>>> Wally
> >>>> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Brad
> Haslett
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> Wally,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> What was the condition of your topside
> that made
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>> you decide to paint
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> it? Mine is faded and after polishing
> it fades
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>> again quickly. Leon
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> Slicker, the builder of my boat (S2),
> still has
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>> one of the best
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> reputations in the industry for the
> quality of his
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>> gelcoat (he now
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> builds high-end powerboats) but 25
> years weather
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>> is 25 years of
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> weather and it takes it toll.
> There's a part
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>> of me that wants to stay
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> original and another competing
> motivation that
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>> wants to say, "the
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> hell-with-it, go for the least
> maintenance
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>> solution". Someone help me
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> make a decision and send some money!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Brad
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 8:20 AM, TN
> Rhodey
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>> <tnrhodey at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>> Cool my pic came through. They
> catch a bunch
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>> of flak about over spray
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> from
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> EPA so they roll and tip. My yard
> has some
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>> talent and the most complete
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>> haul-out capabilities on this part
> of the TN
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>> River. Plus the guys that
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>> painted my boat have worked there
> for 7 and 3
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>> years. I have seen them do
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>> some amazing work.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The bottom paint was an ablative
> ...not
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>> Micron CSC but something else
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> maybe
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> from Petit? I can't remember
> but they
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>> applied 2 coats. I also had them
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>> remove an old unused plastic
> transducer and
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>> glass in the hole. I took
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>> advantage of end of season special
> that
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>> waived haul out and pressure
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> washing
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> with any bottom paint job. We
> looked at the
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>> hull with something like a
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>> jewelers loop. They advised me it
> was time to
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>> paint.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>> The cost for Haul out, pressure
> wash, Bottom
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>> job (4 small blisters),
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> painted
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> boot stripe, Awlgrip topsides,
> glassed in
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>> thru hull, and launch totaled
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> $3K.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Fair winds,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Wally
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 8:53 AM,
> Brad Haslett
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>> <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>> Wally,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> What application method did
> you/they use?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Brad
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 7:07
> AM, TN
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>> Rhodey <tnrhodey at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>>> I have had trouble with
> attachments
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>> and gmail on the list....the paint
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>> job
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> came out great. I went
> with Awl Grip
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>> (Flag Blue) based on my yards
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>>> experience. I used to tell
> people to
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>> look for the little faded blue
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> sail
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>> boat.....no more!
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> I wonder if this will
> work?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Wally
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at
> 9:26 PM, Bob
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>> Keller <
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> r22yankeeclipper at hotmail.com
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> I've been through
> this
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>> before. Stan has used Awl Craft paint. You
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> can
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> google it, call Akzo
> Nobel and
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>> they will send you a color selector
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> and
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>> you
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> can verify what color
> you have
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>> or what color ou want. Awl Craft is
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>>>> apparently easier to
> match and
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>> repair then Awl Grip. I had someone
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>> repair
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> mine and it is
> perfect. They
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>> also make a special polymeric wax for
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> the
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>> Awl
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Craft. I bought some,
> use it
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>> and it is amazing - the hull shines.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> Very
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> easy to use and I have
> been
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>> waxing the hull twice a year with it.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>>>> Bob K
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> From:
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
>
> >>> jbconnolly at comcast.net> To:
> >>> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> Date:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>> Wed,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> 1 Oct 2008 19:04:52
> +0000>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Is Royal Blue
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>> Awl
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Grip.....> > I
> think mine
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>> is "Flag Blue". Not sure that it is
> Awlgrip
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>> brand,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> though.> > Jim
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>> Connolly> > > -------------- Original
> message
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> ----------------------> From:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>> "TN Rhodey"
> <tnrhodey at gmail.com>> > My
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>> boat
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> is on the hard for
> bottom job. I
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>> am considering painting topsides as>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>>>> well. What Awl Grip
> Blue does GB
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>> use? Is it the Royal Blue? My old
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> blue
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>> 84>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> may finally get
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
>
> >>> painted.> > > > Thanks - Wally>
> >
> >>>
> >>>
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