Ok... so my husband and I spent our first weekend with our new boat getting her ready for the season. We feel like we can hardly walk today as we are sore! We washed her down and then had to compound a good part of her hull and then waxed her as well.
We went to West Marine and got an Interlux light duty compound and used a 100% Canuba pure wax. On one side of the hull it seemed to work really well and shine right up. On the other side it was a more dull finish and you could see the 'swirls' when we were finished.
How do you get the 'swirls' to not show? We didn't know if it was because the hull had heated up a little bit during the day (high was in the mid 60's... so not really hot). We used rags to apply the liquid and then a round, thick synthetic pad on a drill to get the wax off.
She looks beautiful and much better than when we started but the 'swirls' that you can see when you look at her from an angle irk me. Am I being too high maintenance or is there a solution?
Also, we changed our anchor-light and put on new zincs... We are making progress. Hopefully no stupid new boat owner errors yet... but there is plenty of time for that!
We went to West Marine and got an Interlux light duty compound and used a 100% Canuba pure wax. On one side of the hull it seemed to work really well and shine right up. On the other side it was a more dull finish and you could see the 'swirls' when we were finished.
How do you get the 'swirls' to not show? We didn't know if it was because the hull had heated up a little bit during the day (high was in the mid 60's... so not really hot). We used rags to apply the liquid and then a round, thick synthetic pad on a drill to get the wax off.
She looks beautiful and much better than when we started but the 'swirls' that you can see when you look at her from an angle irk me. Am I being too high maintenance or is there a solution?
Also, we changed our anchor-light and put on new zincs... We are making progress. Hopefully no stupid new boat owner errors yet... but there is plenty of time for that!