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prowlersfish wrote:3M Restore

Thats a halfway decent consumer product. There is a lot better out there though. Ya gotta be in the know though.

Commissionpoint wrote:

prowlersfish wrote:3M Restore

Thats a halfway decent consumer product. There is a lot better out there though. Ya gotta be in the know though.

The Pros use it too .

http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/mediawebse ... 6E666666--

http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/mediawebse ... SeSSSSSS--

Sure, why not. Its pretty generic though. True pro products come in many many different grits and formulations though for different applications. Like I said, its a decent consumer grade "one size fits all" product. Most folks will get good results from it if they use it correctly. I'm sure as hell not putting it on an 8000 dollar paint job though, or my Trojan for that matter. YMMV.

3M never use the stuff again, over priced rubbing compound IMO... and I've never seen one boat yard (that I've been in) use it.
I found this last yr and the hull still has shine and no chalk on it this yr...

http://shurhold.com/marine/yacht-brite- ... QgodjBgAdw

and sealed it with this...

http://www.autogeek.net/rejex-16oz.html

IMO...both go on EZ and WORK ! what else would you want....

[quote="RWS"]Sounds like all good news Scott.

Now if you REALLY MISS THE TROJAN it's time to scrape those Silverton logos off and replace them with out helmet !

Tony is next.

RWS[/quote]


I'll Stick with the Dark Side .....CARVER, even when we move up in 4.5 yrs....

The 3M comes in more then one grade . And I have had great luck with it . I know several marine detalers that us it .And I bet some hate it too . I would not use it on a $8000 paint job for 2 reasons . 1 its for fiberglass 2) thats a cheap paint job so it may come off .( we are talking about large boats right ?) . If you have algrip you don't use a wax.

With that said if you ask 50 people whats best you would get close to 50 Answers . And many/most of them would be a good product . Kind of asking whats your favorite flavor .

prowlersfish wrote:Kind of asking whats your favorite flavor .

Since you asked......

Cherry Garcia.

Presta makes a good product as well.

I used a product called great white, two part, one is a conditioner the other wax, the boat maintenance guys around our docks all use it and the boats always look great, howeveer, I tried it on the green part of the boat, it looked great, but the next day is was faded again. Yesterday, used 3M restorer wax on a small section and it worked great. we'll see.

Hi all, I am spending the weekend on the Silverton nailing down the last details before the trip home to SD, I was hoping this would be the weekend, but it is looking like next weekend will be the move.

I installed floscans today in the hopes of finding the sweet spot in speed and fuel burn, this boat carries 300 gallons of fuel and I keep getting conflicting opinions on fuel burn with this boat and crusader 454 350 hp motors.

ideally i'll use 10-12 gallons an hour at 12 -13 knots, this will put me SD bay in 10 hours and 100-120 gallons of fuel for the trip home

The floscans are reading 2.5 +- gallons an hour at idle at 600 RPM after install each, they increase to about 5 at 2000 RPM no load, My plan is to top off the tanks tomorrow, reset the the counters and then run to Catalina, 40 miles, refuel and then see how close the floscans are and calibrate if neccesary.

any input?

BTW, I polished the green hull stripe with a buffer and 3M color restorer / wax , I went over this area twice and it looks great ! Ok, I bought a harbor freight random orbit polisher / buffer, not the cheap auto one, the one that looks like a small right angle grinder, I have to admit, it worked really good. I have a Milkwaukee and an older B&D industry construction polisher, between the two, the B&D is my favorite because it is lighter and has a better feel, but the HF with the random orbit, small size and the hook and loop pad attachment, it's a pretty nice tool for the money and it is light and it did a very nice job.
Last weekend, I buffed the green stripe with the B&D and I swear someone beat the crap out of me!

Sounds like its all comeing together .

Gettaway if it helps any I get 1.5 nmiles per gallon at 17 knt and 3800 rpm Merc 454 340 hp and that's per engine. I have 250 gallons of gas and never go past a 100 miles at 17 without looking for gas. And I'd think you'd get good mileage at 8 and 16 knts.

Glad to hear the green stripe came back to life with a buffer and some compound. It is still my favorite Silverton color/year!

As for the fuel economy with the big blocks, I have a much lighter boat with small blocks, so can't tell you much. I will be putting floscans in soon, to try and find that optimal speed as well.