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ralphk wrote: I just finished polishing up my '97X yesterday.

The blacks look awesome especially the stripe under the rubrail and at the waterline. I think that was an exceptional
factory gelcoat mix.

I have a 1997 Mac.X to and all the black above the gunnel has worn off to the point of seeing white gelcoat specks thru it, also the white deck is showing polyester resin were the gelcoat has disappeared. I am going to re-gelcoat both and already have all the windows to replace at same time thru BYW and also the rub rail.
You must have had a slow worker applying the gel coat on your boat.
Dave

Thanks for all the comments all. Sounds like painting is the best permenant answer. Has anyone painted theirs? And what paint did you find satisfactory. I guess I could look at my back issues of Practical Sailor since they do a lot of paint tests.

Based on Practical Sailor's tests/recommendation I went with Poli-glo last winter
and it seems fine. It took six or seven applications to bring out the shine.
I waxed the heck out of it with an automotive paset wax. Needs re-waxing
this season but takes no time in comparison to the original forty hours of
Poli-prep and application.

Based on Practical Sailor's tests/recommendation I went with Poli-glo last winter
and it seems fine. It took six or seven applications to bring out the shine.
I waxed the heck out of it with an automotive paset wax. Needs re-waxing
this season but takes no time in comparison to the original forty hours of
Poli-prep and application.

Good luck. My experience (as noted earlier) is that eventually (for me, less than a year)
you'll have to strip it all off and re-apply. Forty hours sounds in the ball park. So far I'm
happy with the base of Penetrol and a couple layers of high-qual wax. Hopefully that will
last awhile, and I know it won't take me that much effort when it needs reapplying.

Sounds like painting is the best permenant answer. Has anyone painted theirs? And what paint did you find satisfactory. I guess I could look at my back issues of Practical Sailor since they do a lot of paint tests.

Yes, I'd be interested in feedback on painting as well, since that is really the only long-term solution.

I cleaned it up with detergent, brush and then a water blaster, polished then waxed it. No real change.
I have since applied Bee's Wax to prevent any further oxidisation. So far it looks good.

Kind Rgds
Dave
26M 2008

The only person I know who had the black painted is.Ivan Awfulitch.He had his black painted 2 years ago and it looked really nice last time I saw it.Look him up on here to PM him.

I had no problem restoring my grey stripe to black using WM's color restorer. Followed by a coat of wax and it looks beautiful.

Pink Sky is in a slip in the SoCal sunshine, so I think she has life pretty hard. I make a practice of waxing once a year and the finish stays nice.