old boat name shadow

[raye]

Any way to ...product out there that will eliminate the "shadow effect" of a previous owners boat name

[Caincando1]

Are you talking about the area where the old name was that's lighter than the paint around it?

[raye]

yes!! Do i make sure my new name covers the old in order ti eliminate:roll:

[deadsexyII]

may have to wet sand, i ended up wet sanding out my old boat letters when i bought from the prior owner. Then rubbing compound & polish.

[Caincando1]

Try buffing it with a rubbing compound or wet sand it in hopes of making it all light again. Or the simple way is to cover it with the new name. Where are you having the name done?

[raye]

I saw this on a boat painting form here, thoughts

Unless the gel is very bad with sever damage then you can make it look like new with some good heavy cutting compound and an orbital polisher. If it is very faded you can hit it with a good hand wet sanding with 800 - 1000 grit paper, You could use a DA sander if you were very good and light with it, but remember the gel coat is 22 mils thick, I just did mine by hand and drank lots of beer. Follow it up with some 3M Super Duty Heavy Cutting compound on a wool wheel, next use n 3M Perfect-it II fine compound to take out the scrathes from the heay cutting , finally hit it with 3m Finesse-it II finishing polish on a foam pad and it will look like it came off the showroom floor. Your local automotive store that carries 3M should have all of the stuff you need.


dustin at midwest has done a great job on my sleds and signage I most likely will have him do it

[shipshape]

Is it in white gelcoat or a colored gelcoat?

[Caincando1]

dustin at midwest has done a great job on my sleds and signage I most likely will have him do it

That's exactly who I would recommend!

[Griff]

The easiest way is to try and cover the old letters as much as possible. The gel will simply yellow slightly over time from UV. The part with the decal won't yellow and will be brighter. You might be able to blend it out most of the way with wet sanding and buffing. It really depends on how much difference there is.

[raye]

white gel coat

[Marine Clean]

Griff is right.
It's always best to try and cover the old name, but sometimes you can't make it work.

I always try buffing before wetsanding and if I do wetsand I don't usually go below 1000 grit and only recommend it to someone experienced.

Here's how we buff and the products I use. My Tan colored Oxidation Remover will go down to 1000 grit, so if it won't remove it then wetsanding is the only option I've got. I used to make a grey OR years ago, but decided to stick with the tan after much testing and it proved to be more aggressive.

Here's the link....
Try this first and if it dosen't completely do it then let me know and I'll post the wetsanding thread
http://midwestboatparty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17306

[raye]

when you say your tan oxidation remover only goes down to 1000 grit ...do you mean that it will buff-out 1000 grit wet sanding or does it act like 1000 grit wet sanding ???:confused:

[Marine Clean]

when you say your tan oxidation remover only goes down to 1000 grit ...do you mean that it will buff-out 1000 grit wet sanding or does it act like 1000 grit wet sanding ???:confused:


It will remove 1000 grit sand marks. My OR is agressive, but without scratching.