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Keeping the Toons Looking Great

Lakeliving here's how I figured out hot to post pics in the new format here.  Now I need to figure out how to embed youtube video's again :wacko: :wacko:


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If all goes well you should be posting pics in no time!


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Just polished the toons today.

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Wow! Looks great! FYI I liked your post!
 
What method did you use?  And how did it only take a day?  Looks great!!!
 
As soon as I pulled the boat I power washed the toons then used NAPA aluminum brightener to get everything else off. Yesterday I used a dual action polisher with a wool bonnet and white diamond metal polish. It took about 4 hours to do the port toon, the nose cones and the backs of all 3 toons. I just have the starboard toon left too finish up this week.
 
patcraver said:
As soon as I pulled the boat I power washed the toons then used NAPA aluminum brightener to get everything else off. Yesterday I used a dual action polisher with a wool bonnet and white diamond metal polish. It took about 4 hours to do the port toon, the nose cones and the backs of all 3 toons. I just have the starboard toon left too finish up this week.
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Did you have to clean the wool bonnet periodically?  Did you only use 1 bonnet?  I saw these at Lowes yesterday, but I thought I needed the wheel style... you pic looks like it did an awesome job!
 
I did clean the bonnets a few times throughout the process, I used 2 bonnets for the whole job. To clean them I just used a bucket of warm water and a small brush and rung them out so they were mostly dry. Last year I didn't clean the toons as well with the acid wash so I had a lot more trouble keeping the bonnets clean. The only problem I had this year was turning the polisher up too high and it melted the pad underneath the bonnet.
 
patcraver said:
I did clean the bonnets a few times throughout the process, I used 2 bonnets for the whole job. To clean them I just used a bucket of warm water and a small brush and rung them out so they were mostly dry. Last year I didn't clean the toons as well with the acid wash so I had a lot more trouble keeping the bonnets clean. The only problem I had this year was turning the polisher up too high and it melted the pad underneath the bonnet.
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Did you put sharkhide on it also?
 
I did not Sharkhide the toons. I think about it every year but haven't done it yet.  
 
You spend the time to polish - Protect your work!
 
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I'm starting mine this weekend and i'm having a very hard time sourcing some Sharkhide.


I called 2 distributors that were listed on the Sharkhide website and they stopped selling it!  They suggested I use this moving forward:


http://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-M19616-Pontoon-Aluminum-Protectant/dp/B00P9OF4GC


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Does anyone have experience with this?  Anyone have extra sharkhide they are willing to part with? ;)  
 
Wow are you serious????  I am actually due to put more Sharkhide on mine this season (doing it every other year) so I'm going to be majorly bummed if I can't buy that anymore.
 
Maybe all the production is going to the Bennington factory.
 
I can't remember being this sore... 2 full days... one of them in the snow.  Mission complete:


Tools:
1x Dewalt DWP849X Variable speed polisher
2x Dewalt 7" wool buffing pads
3x 12oz Mothers Mag and Aluminum Polish
5x Rolls of Bounty Paper Towels
1x Gallon of Acetone


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Wow nice job.  Yeah I remember how sore I was when I did mine.  Wish the original owner of my boat would have done the toons before I bought it.  I'd love to get mine to look like that but I don't think it's possible.
 
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