The Poliglow Experience
I got rather fed up with polishing All Gold now and again, a lot of work, with a passable result but the result never lasted. Slimy lock walls transferred the mess to fenders and thence the hull so rapidly that the Easter 2004 polish was all gone by the following November. Even the upperworks, especially the forward cabin roof and foredeck, showed the result of being a bird's toilet area.
I read about Poliglow on the MBM forum page and decided to give it a go. Not especially cheap, but not too bad when compared to the tedium of a day applying G3 and then another day applying whatever polish is popular/in stock this time around. I'll state right now that the effects are quite superb.
| All Gold just after she was hauled out. The black slime has been jet washed from the hull but otherwise she has not been cleaned at all. The streaks on the hull are the result of the rainstorm that is just passing. | Curiosity compelled me to test an area to see what would happen. so a few feet of the stern end of the S/side was Poliprepped and Poliglow applied. The sun was making a brief appearance. |
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The cleaning process was aided by the use of TL Sea, an oxalic acid powder, which was very effective on oxidised gel coat. I could have used more of the stuff, but it kept raining on me and I was getting a bit fed up with it. Note, TLC is quite superb on grubby teak, especially a bathing platform that seems to be very popular with local coots as a nesting site and lavatory.
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The shine is coming on well in this photograph. The weather was very dull, so the deep gloss is not to noticeable as it would be on a sunny day. |
If only the sun had been out, the hull would be gleaming orange again, but it started to rain almost as I took the photograph/ |
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My verdict? Its not snake oil, its worth every penny.