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Old 06-24-2015, 06:51 PM   #5
Jdbillin
 
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Originally Posted by Mike.Phillips@Marine31 View Post
I"m always SUPER curious to see what other boat detailers use for,

Tools
Pads
Chemicals

My assumption is totally archaic everything... I hope I'm wrong but from what I've seen the boat detailing industry is so far behind the car detailing industry as it relates to tools, pads and products.


Of course, the detailing industry is in part driven by boat owners and what they'll pay...

I agree there is so much more stuff available for the automotive side of things. I'm sure I would be considered old school for the fact that when it comes to paint correction on cars the first thing I do is break out my rotary buffer I have the porter cable dual action buffer but I really only use it to apply wax with.

I've had my business for 3 years now and from what I've seen is my boat customers don't worry to much about cost, they just want their boat to look as good as it can. But the customers on the auto side are always worried about cost, most of them want a $300 detail for $80 the boat people aren't like that


The idea is to prevent but realistically what a coating will do is slow down the oxidation process and do it better and last longer than a wax or a sealant.

Since coatings are new to the boat detailing world we need some time to go by to get more real world results. I know that if you don't wipe off all the high spots the only way to remove any excess is to simply compound it off so to me that's a really good sign of just how well our coating bonds to the surface. It's kind of like applying super glue but not as crazy as super glue of course.

Thats interesting, Sounds like its pretty tough stuff. My first thought it to use it on the bottoms and transom area. They always seem to get the dirty first i'm sure it would aid in cleaning.



We sell the 3M line on our sister site PremiumBoatCare.com

I've never heard of Fountain of Youth Sealant but an intriguing name.

I'll have to get on their and check it out, Is stuff the same price as on auto geek?

The products are called fountain of youth, I believe its made by power one. They have a website but its not the greatest.

I frist got turned on to them by a customer that gave me their heavy cut compound to try and I was really impressed by it. Its pretty cheep to if i recall correctly its around $50-60 a gallon. I have had good luck using it for my first pass then followed by presta gel-coat compound both with a wool-pad.

I am always open to suggestions and willing to learn, I want to do all I can to better my business.
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