A 22' Sylvan

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I know this is an AUTO detailing forum, and I hope no one gets upset if I show off a boat that I detailed Monday.

I haven't done too many boats, and the ones that I have cleaned up were rather clean to begin with. This Sylvan hadn't been cleaned in about three years. Every year the owners took it out of the water and stored it dirty... The following season they'd put it back in the water - without so much as washing it...

Here's one of the before pictures...
 
Thanks Boss... I cleaned the vinyl with a product called "Super Green" (like Simple Green, only made by a local chemical distributor and bought in bulk 5 gallon containers). Anyhow Diluted SG with water, sprayed it on, and attacked it with a scrub brush. Then used a bucket of water and rag to rinse it off. Dressed with Pro-Time Vinyl Protector High Gloss (from National Detail Systems)...

By the way, the steps I took on the exterior were the following:
1. washed with Dawn.
2. cleaned with Duragloss 541 Marine & RV cleaner with midew buster (basically a sodium hydrchlorite cleaner)
3. gem orbital polished stained area with (ready for this:) "No. 7 White Polishing Compound". Remember this stuff? Definitly not for use on clearcoats/gelcoats.
4. gem orbital polished entire exterior fiberglass with Duragloss 501 Marine & RV polish.
5. Hand applied Collinite 845 Liquid Insulator Wax

More pics of before and after, and the finished project can be seen here: http://onthespotnc.tripod.com/onthespotmobiledetailing/id13.html
 
What kind of pad did you use to buff the gelcoat?
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Didn't use a buffer. Used my Gem Orbital Polisher with a terry-cloth bonnet. This, in combination with that "no.7 white polishing compound", created just enough abrasion to cut through the stains without scratching the gelcoat.

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