[Rhodes22-list] My 2 cents

[Michael D. Weisner]

John,

The boat looks terrific. Not bad for a 1980.

I considered using Poli Glow after seeing it demonstrated at the Annapolis
Sailboat Show. While I watched the demo, a couple of folks warned against
using the product right at the booth. At first I just thought that they were
very rude and paid little attention to their remarks. It wasn't until one of
them brought out pictures of his boat and spoke to the manufacturer's rep
about paying for the damage "caused" by Poli Glow that I started to listen.
Evidently, Poli Glow yellows in UV and needs to be stripped from the craft
fairly regularly to maintain the clear color using a fairly expensive and
difficult chemical process.

I then looked at complaints on-line at:
https://www.thehulltruth.com/boating-forum/642188-poli-glow-review.html and
decided to put in the elbow grease to clean up my gel coat rather than apply
a polymer coating to fill the pores.

Your boat looks great. Just be sure to reapply regularly to maintain the
"glow." Most of the on-line complaints are from Florida boat owners where
the intense sunlight and longer season may cause the yellowing, something
that we in the Northeast do not generally have to contend with.

Mike
s/v Wind Lass ('91)
Nissequogue River, NY
I'd rather be sailing


-----Original Message-----
From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of John
Keyser
Sent: Monday, July 6, 2020 7:59 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] My 2 cents

Apparently, I found a great way to contact Stan a few months ago when I
erroneously posted that the company was no longer in business and that Stan
was no longer among us. He quickly corrected both of those notions for me.

On another note - I saw a few posts regarding refinishing gelcoat:
My Rhodes is a 1980 that looked like she had never been waxed or polished in
her 40-year life. Not wishing to spend an inordinate amount of time waxing
on and waxing off, I applied Poli Glow to the hull. There are videos on
YouTube, but basically, you just have to apply the stuff with a clean cloth,
let it dry and apply another coat. No need to polish. The hull went from
totally flat to quite nice (I think). So far, it's held up well. I didn't
take any on purpose before and after pictures, but these two should give you
an idea. The first is what it looked like before, and the second is what it
looked like after - I think you may be able to see the reflection of the
water on the hull in that one.

John Keyser
Deci-Belle

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