> I just asked pyro man, Randy, what he did to make the white topside of
> PyroTech look so good after we bought it in its somewhat sorry state. He
> said he did a light once over with Ajax to remove the oxidation, then
> used something called BlackMagic that he got at Kmart--he said it is
> like ArmorAll, but after it is wiped down, while it is still a bit
> slick, it brings back the shine,
Hi webgang,
Ajax is a tried and true way to clean up a filthy boat. I used it to clean
Redwing.
Just don't do it too often. I've heard of folks who used Ajax every spring
to clean up their boat, and after 5 or 10 or 15 years, they wore the gelcoat
right off. Bon Ami is a little less abrasive, but still pretty abrasive.
I'd use a softscrub bathroom fiberglass cleaner, or the gel type bathroom
cleaner (even more gentle) for periodic scrubbing.
A coat of good wax (Gelgloss is one of my favorites, available at hardware
stores) keeps your boat clean, protects it from staining, and prevents
oxidizing of the gelcoat. You can use Gelgloss to buff out your boat, it's
like a extremely fine compounding liquid and wax combined.
But Gelgloss slippery on the non-skid. Maybe BlackMagic is less slippery.
Regards,
Judy B