X-Koted Red Boat

salty

salty

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This should probably in the click and brag section. This boat had to be descumed with acid first. Then polished, to bring back some shine and then prepped for the X-Kote treatment. You can see where the tarp covers the gelcoat.



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I use X-Kote to stop the fade and then make it easier to maintain these boats.
 
[quote name='porta']X-kote looks pretty interesting. I also saw that gardgroup bought X-kote.[/QUOTE



Bought into or the US division, i do believe.



For it's purpose, it works really well.
 
No the trailer was not done. I did polish the wheel wells and was going to X-Kote them but thought there would be a lot of foot traffic on them.



Ya the red really comes out nice. The customer was very pleased.
 
RTexasF said:
Just added $2000 to the worth of that rig! Very Nice.
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I heard he was actually thinking of selling the boat, because of the before condition. He tried doing the work himself and didn't see much improvement. Would have been a shame as it is a very nice boat.
 
Salty, the boat looks amazing! If you don't mind me asking, what's your product preference for polishing boats (cleaner, compund, wax, etc)? Also, when you say you applied the acid in prepping the boat, are you referring to a fallout remover type of acid? or more of an aluminum brightener for the hardware on the boat?



Really curious, thanks for any tips.
 
Basically for the oxidation removal i used Starbrite gelcoat oxidation remover, not exactly sure that is the name, with a small orbital, changing terry bonnets often. Some hand work with same product. For such jobs i like to use an orbital with terry bonnets because as they become saturated with product and oxidation you just have to flip it or change to a new one. It removed a lot of the oxidation but the X-Kote did the rest.



The acid was used to remove the freshwater scum below the water line.
 
SShine said:
the acid you used would be like On&Off and the like, right? thats what I use.
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I use Muriatic acid diluted to about 15%. Spray it on with a 1 gallon all plastic pump sprayer. It usually takes a few times to remove all the scum. Pressure wash off each time. I buy it by the gallon for about the same price as other name brand acids in the litre jugs.



Some of the boats i do sit in the water all summer and haven't been cleaned in years. I have tried a few OTC acids and they didn't work any better and some worse than the Muriatic acid.



These products are not in my area, so i haven't tried them, but have read they are good.

On and Off is 23% Hydrochloric and 4.5% Oxalic acid i do believe. Another good product is Captain Phab, it is a mix of acids in gel form.
 
Salty, that's great advice. I like the idea of the acid to remove the oxidation. I can't imagine how long it would take to try to take that off with compound! You'd spend days getting to the same point, I am sure. I'll definitely look into the Starbrite product.



Thank you very much.
 
Not sure you totally understood. I used the acid to remove water scum below the water line. Not to remove oxidation. That was done by machine and the Star-Brite product.
 
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