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Yes, exactly the frosted appearance I experienced but to the point that there was no shine at all, just completely dull. I think the only thing that will bring it back is wet sanding. Since then, the softest pad I can use is the yellow Lake Country cutting pad and even then I sense it could be...

I have a client with Bertram which has a solid roof/cover on the flybridge. The boat has been polished and it came up beautiful apart from the underside of the roof. It looks like gelcoat but it feels slightly different, I'm not sure if its my imagination but it feels softer and indeed when...

I have a new client who's picking up a brand new 42' Boston Whaler soon. So that we get off on the right foot, I've been considering different products for protection. His last Whaler which was 3 years old was moderately oxidised on the blue hull sides and was heavy with mineral deposit water...

Excellent reply Mike, thank you very much. I went back to the boat yesterday armed with a hard, yellow, Lake Country foam pad, (it's their cutting version). I tried it in various places and near to where I experienced dulling/frosting with the soft polishing pads and I can confirm that I...

Thank you Dano, perhaps I was going a bit fast with the Orbital. I had the impression that Orbitals were more forgiving than a Rotary. I'll look into the blue finishing wool pads, but I'm really interested in knowing what may have caused the Orbital to make the gelcoat go dull as I know these...

Polishing gelcoat makes it go dull - what am I doing wrong? I'm fairly new to polishing boats and hit upon a curios problem. I'm hoping that some of your experience might throw some light onto what I'm doing wrong. I've been using a Makita rotary with a heavy wool pad and Presta Super Cut...