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Re: Other: Wax?
By:PatrickC
Date: 5/2/2008, 5:34 pm
In Response To: Re: Other: Wax? (Jay Babina)

yeah i may do that. The deal is i kayak fish with a club and they have these big fishouts and i am the only woodstripper they've ever seen so gotta have it looking special so they'll drool more...heavy use boat.
http://i25.tinypic.com/2iuffr7.jpg

: Any automotive wax or polish works well. I polished a boat using Turtle wax
: auto polish and a electric buffer once. It came out nice. Make sure your
: varnish is well dried/hardened - like a month or so or you may not get the
: gloss you want. The polishing also removes surface scratches. I no longer
: do it because I just don't want to bother but it works fine and holds a
: shine and beads for quite a long time.

Messages In This Thread

Other: Wax?
PatrickC -- 5/1/2008, 11:13 pm
Re: Other: Wax?
Bob Kayes -- 5/2/2008, 6:58 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 5/2/2008, 4:42 pm
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Mike Savage -- 5/2/2008, 5:00 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/4/2008, 2:54 am
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Andrew Sommer -- 5/2/2008, 6:45 pm
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Mike Savage -- 5/2/2008, 10:25 pm
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PatrickC -- 5/2/2008, 5:28 pm
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Mike Savage -- 5/2/2008, 10:19 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 5/2/2008, 9:05 pm
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Ted Henry -- 5/2/2008, 3:47 pm
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 5/2/2008, 10:29 am
Re: Other: Wax?
Jay Babina -- 5/2/2008, 6:54 am
Re: Other: Wax?
PatrickC -- 5/2/2008, 5:34 pm
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Greg Clopton -- 5/2/2008, 1:16 pm
Re: Other: Wax?
Bill Hamm -- 5/4/2008, 2:51 am