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| Author: | Cap'n Morgan [ Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What do you buff your dinghy with? |
cougarcruiser wrote: Why not apply the wax by hand? Buff off with the power tool? Why do any of it by hand when you have equipment that does the work more efficiently? |
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| Author: | cougarcruiser [ Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What do you buff your dinghy with? |
Maybe I'm just not skilled. Every time I try to apply wax with a powered machine - I am not efficient at all. I get more wax and crap flying all over the place. It takes me twice as long because of the clean up duty. Buffing with an orbital is a no brainer though. |
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| Author: | 230 Mike [ Mon Mar 09, 2009 2:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What do you buff your dinghy with? |
The trick is to have the pad against the boat before you turn the machine on, and turn the machine off before removing it from the boat. |
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| Author: | impulse [ Mon Mar 09, 2009 5:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What do you buff your dinghy with? |
farleywilbur wrote: So you use the powerball to apply the wax right? So what do you use to buff it off? I have come close to buying one but dont have a lot of confidence with waxing my car or boat. Thanks. Yes I apply with the powerball. I remove the first layer with a clean dry towel and then go over the whole boat again with a microfiber towel to get the wax dust and other small particles. Then I bring up the shine by buffing with the wool bonet on my power sander/polisher. Nothing against anyone else's methods, but the dry wax removal step just doesn't work well for me using any type of power tool. I found that with the powerball I don't have any of the wax slinging all over everything problems. I also feel that it works especially well with the cleaner type waxes, since the spinning along with the back and forth motion works the wet wax deep into the surface, yet I get a nice thin coat of dry wax that is easy to remove with a dry towel. I hope this makes sense. |
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