When the boats come out of the mold at NDK, they are polished up with the below listed compounds. I've seen these products used to clean up the minor scratches and abrasions on an older boat. It can also be used to polish recent applications of gelcoat repairs. While these products added the shine back, the deeper scratches remained. It won't make your old boat look absolutelynew, but it is something you might want to do to enhance the look of an older boat, or smooth out the hull where it comes into contact with the water. (1) Durabuild 1000: Fast Cut Compound. (2) Durabuild 2000: Final Polish. First use the D-1000 to cut through the deeper scratches then polish up with D-2000; then wash down with fresh water. Simple as that. These products are water soluble. I was told that there is a chemical in it to help cut the gelcoat, but don't know what that might be. If it is truly water soluble, I would tend to doubt it had a chemical that softens gelcoat in it other than abrasives. Robert *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jun 16 2000 - 07:49:14 PDT
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