Just got offered a boat detail...deer in the headlights look followed.

It really depends on how bad the condition is on the boat. You can use your PC to apply wax and compound. (lightly) You can use Malco Tru Grit compound to level out the gel coat and bring back some shine. Once the dullness has been reduced, you can apply a coat of Garry's or Collinite to protect the gel coat.



There is a lot of money in boats, it may make sense for you to become better equipped or learn from a professional marine detailer.
 
I just used a PC to do my 23' Bayliner. LC Orange pad and a light compound was enough to get oxidation out. Then polished.



The only thing you are going to have a problem with is Time. It takes forever, and working on the bottom of the boat doing the hull is going to kill your arms. Total time on the boat without counting interior was 8 hours.



I will admit that I needed the rotary for the rear of the boat including the deck as they tend to get beat up the most.
 
For those of you have have rotary polished boats, are holograms as much of an issue with boats as they are with clear coats on cars?



I ask because some time I read a post about someone who polished a boat with wool and a heavy compound (M105 maybe?) and that was all this detailer used for polishing. My initial thought was that haul is going to have holograms all over it but then wondered if that is an issue with gel coats.
 
I have not had hologram problems with the boats that I have done. However, I have yet to do a hull that wasn't white. A blue/red hull may be different.



I have also burned straight into the gel coat of the family wave runner when I was 16. That was going full speed on a rotary. And the rest of the wave runner was fine, no holograms, with the exception of the burn spot. I had to buff that thing every weekend to get the water spots out so naturally I was young and impatient. I think that you would have to be careless and have dirt on your pad in order to cause holograms on a boat.
 
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