How to @ 3:30

   • Boat Restoration .Gelcoat, compounded...  . If you are looking for a "how to"

I have a ton of videos on this subject. If you're here to learn, I'm here to help.


I did a few short videos on this boat earlier but thought it deserved a bit more of an exposé.


   • You asked: this detailing Jerk answer...  

(4 months later for all the haters out there) learn to use compound correctly and stop the hate, that simple. All the 👎🏽 in the world won't help anyone, leave a comment unless you're a punk who can only do 👎🏽... Say something, use your words or stfu.

I'm not going to share what I did in front of the windshield, that's mine and my student's only. The important thing to know about it is that there's a way. You might figure it out on your own, keep trying.

This boat is a display. I'm doing the starboard bow corner and the port side stern quarter and leaving the rest as found. If this doesn't convince people that we know what we're talking about, I don't know what else to do. I'm not about flashy vids and selling stuff just to make money while not knowing jack-shit about my craft.

Heavy cut wasn't necessarily needed but in spots, it can help.

The light spot on the hull, starboard side is sunlight coming through from the interior side. It isn't a burn-through. If the decals lasted, so did the gelcoat.

Keep Wetsanding if you have time to kill. I have boats to buff and shizz to do.

Want to see the next level to this?

   • Would you wetsand Gelcoat, Blindfolde...  


I have many more (300+)videos; before and after boat detailing videos including boat waxing, boat buffing...

Have a question? Comments section will be replied to.

🔆🔆Want to help me make some changes @ 3M? Think about giving them a call and tell them to look at my videos. Give them a piece of your mind. Help me light a fire under their butts.
Phone: 1-866-279-1235 (general marine)
Phone: 1-877-666-2277 (waxes and compounding stuff) 🔆🔆

Anyone can hit a rock with a hammer; getting the rock to look like something that belongs in museums and books... Takes a love of hitting rocks with a purpose and not just the right tools/products.

I use a DeWalt DWP849X

If I'm going for perfection in gelcoat, I don't use a ceramic (unless a very new boat) I prefer the ease, cost and reliability of Fire Glaze by RMP. Make sure you get all the oxidation out of the gelcoat, get a great finish, clean and strip the surface and then apply Fire Glaze.

https://www.restructuremarine.com/fir...
(tell them Lee sent you. No discount and I receive nothing but I'd like them to know 😊)

There's a "marine" version but it has the same main ingredient as Fire Glaze, just a different lubricant/carrier solution made to be environment friendly. I find it dries rather fast and as I'm in a hot climate, I use Fire Glaze instead of Restructure Marine Polish. I like their Mirasol spray for all the interior furnishings as well.
For a demo on how I apply this stuff:

   • Boat wax, kind of. Fire Glaze + This ...  
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3M Quick Connect adapter (mfg # 05752) to use with the double-sided compounding pad (3M mfg #05753) or the double-sided polishing pad (3M mfg #05754)
Foam compounding pads 3M (05737-discontinued but awesome)
or (05723-new version 😑)

3M Super-Duty (05954)
3M Perfect It Heavy Cutting Compound (36102)
Perfect-it ex ac compounds by 3M (36060)
Meguiar’s (owned by 3M) Flagship Premium Wax (M6332) Pro Polish by Shurehold or 3M's liquid wax with scotchguard.

I receive no payment for listing these items. I list them because you guys ask and I just thought I would save some time.

Wear protective gear, this stuff can cause cancer and kill you.



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Lee