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RWM250 wrote: Sat Jan 28, 2023 9:03 pm Also, I've never had any experience with ceramic coating. Do you feel it's worth applying. I need to do some work on my gelcoat this spring and would consider applying.
Dealer sold us on ceramic coating when we purchased new in 2019. We've never done anything but wash it and it looks great.
I've been looking at gelcoat for a few scratches, so I'm also considering reapplying ceramic coating too.
We use white fenders and there's been no real scuffs or markings on the gelcoat, don't know if that's because of the ceramic coating.
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RWM250 wrote: Sat Jan 28, 2023 9:03 pm Also, I've never had any experience with ceramic coating. Do you feel it's worth applying. I need to do some work on my gelcoat this spring and would consider applying.
Yeah I'll keep a look out for ya! I'm sure we will see each other, we are up there most Thursdays or Fridays, we like to stay late and don't usually pull off the water till after dark.

For the ceramic coating I feel it's 100% worth it. I think it can be done very economically as well, it's pretty easy to self apply. Mine was guaranteed for 5 years. I had my dealer put it on before we took delivery and we love it. We originally had it on our A25 that we bought in 2016. Didn't wax it once, just wiped it down after we pulled it out of the water and it looked perfect when we sold it in 2020 (we put about 300 hrs on that boat so it was well used). We also had the dark navy blue color on that boat.
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Thanks to Krob1114 and dsthomas, I will definitely consider going the ceramic way. Question, before applying the ceramic coating, does all wax need to be removed? I have some homework to do on this process.
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dsthomas wrote: Sun Jan 29, 2023 9:49 am
RWM250 wrote: Sat Jan 28, 2023 9:03 pm Also, I've never had any experience with ceramic coating. Do you feel it's worth applying. I need to do some work on my gelcoat this spring and would consider applying.
Yeah I'll keep a look out for ya! I'm sure we will see each other, we are up there most Thursdays or Fridays, we like to stay late and don't usually pull off the water till after dark.

For the ceramic coating I feel it's 100% worth it. I think it can be done very economically as well, it's pretty easy to self apply. Mine was guaranteed for 5 years. I had my dealer put it on before we took delivery and we love it. We originally had it on our A25 that we bought in 2016. Didn't wax it once, just wiped it down after we pulled it out of the water and it looked perfect when we sold it in 2020 (we put about 300 hrs on that boat so it was well used). We also had the dark navy blue color on that boat.
We'll look for you as well. We do our best to get on the water on as many Fridays as possible.
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Look'n good... yes my understanding is gel coat has to be clean and no wax.

now let's go CHEEEEEEEEEIFS!
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dsthomas wrote: Sun Jan 29, 2023 5:44 pm Look'n good... yes my understanding is gel coat has to be clean and no wax.

now let's go CHEEEEEEEEEIFS!
Oh yeah!! That was nearly a touchdown. We'll take the 3. Thanks for the info.
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dsthomas wrote: Sun Jan 29, 2023 5:44 pm Look'n good... yes my understanding is gel coat has to be clean and no wax.

now let's go CHEEEEEEEEEIFS!
Too much talk by the Bengals helped motivate the Chiefs.
Congratulations.
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Thanks! Bring on the Eagles!
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