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Thursday, April 24th - starting at 5:00pm


Here's the project, it's Eric's 24' Shearwater with an oxidized black gel-coat hull.

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If you want to attend this class...


If you want to attend this class then "reply" to this sign-up thread, that means if you haven't already you need to register with Marine31Online.com discussion forum.


Click here to become a member of the Marine31Online.com Discussion Forum





Date: Thursday, April 24th
Time: 5:00pm to 9:00pm

Autogeek's Garage
7744 SW Jack James Drive
Stuart, FL 34997
Mapquest Driving Directions


The door to the right of the garage door is the entrance to our TV Studio, my
red Chevy Silverado is usually parked right in front of the entrance door.
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See you here!




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Re: Next Boat Detailing Class - 24' Shearwater Extreme Boat Detail

Mike, are these classes held on Thursday nights?
 
***Update***


This class is confirmed in concrete.


This is the first boat detailing class for 2014 and this is going to be a great opportunity to learn how to use rotary buffers to buff out a really cool boat.


So clear your schedule and share the link to this thread with all you boating buddies as well as you buddies that already detail cars but have been wanting to tap into the boat detailing market, which is HUGE in South Florida.


To attend this class you must register with our marine detailing discussion forum and reply to the sign-up thread on that forum.


Here's the link to the sign-up thread...

Sign-up: 24' Shearwater Extreme Boat Detailing Class



Here's the link to register with the forum....


Click here to become a member of the Marine31Online.com Discussion Forum




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Mike.Phillips@Autogeek said:
I just approved your account in our Marine31Online.com forum so now you can reply to the sign-up thread. Check your e-mail, you should have just received an e-mail from the forum letting you know your account was approved.


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Is the marine31 forum similar to AGO? I'd like to learn about detailing boats too :)
 
Hjfowler said:
Is the marine31 forum similar to AGO? I'd like to learn about detailing boats too :)
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Yes in that it's friendly and the goal is to help others be successful when detailing their boat.


I'm a boat guy and a car guy so I have a passion for both types of detailing. We're doing our second year on Ship Shape TV so we're in this for the long run.

I also just posted an announcement for this class to our forum group on TheHullTruth.com of which we're a sponsor.

To date, I'm not sure I've ever seen any other forum or any other place where the members are not only invited but encouraged to join us to learn how to detail boats.

This 25' Shearwater is the first boat project for this year. Here's what we did last year....



June 2013

Pictures: 2000 Baja 232 Boss High Performance Extreme Makeover

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July 2013

16' Key Largo Center Console Boat Detailing Class with Marine 31

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August 2013


Before - Side of Hull

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After

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More to come in 2014!


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Mike.Phillips@Autogeek said:
Yes in that it's friendly and the goal is to help others be successful when detailing their boat.


I'm a boat guy and a car guy so I have a passion for both types of detailing. We're doing our second year on Ship Shape TV so we're in this for the long run.

I also just posted an announcement for this class to our forum group on TheHullTruth.com of which we're a sponsor.

To date, I'm not sure I've ever seen any other forum or any other place where the members are not only invited but encouraged to join us to learn how to detail boats.
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Thanks, Mike. That's great news. I've seen you on TV many times. I've learned a lot.

I have a boat, 20' CC but I trailer it and it's always covered so it looks brand new. But I have some friends whose boats I work on from time to time. I'm always looking to learn more.

Thanks again!
 
***Update***


This boat arrives sometime today. This will be the first time I've seen the condition of this boat and I'll try to get some pictures showing how she looks and then add them to this thread.



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Here's some "before" pictures....


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Holograms in gel-coat
The below picture is a full size section cropped out of the above resized picture. The lines you see running back and forth across where the flash from my camera is lighting up the side of the hull are holograms from a rotary buffer.

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Holograms in gel-coat
The below picture is a full size section cropped out of the above resized picture. The lines you see running back and forth across where the flash from my camera is lighting up the side of the hull are holograms from a rotary buffer.

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These graphics that spell out Shearwater are a soft form of plastic that feels like rubber. If you run a buffing pad on a rotary buffer over them you will harm them and even disfigure them.

All of the gel-coat in and around these graphics will have to be addressed very carefully.

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Water Spot Stains & Oxidation
Not only is the entire hull filled with holograms from the misuse of a rotary buffer, (the normal practice by most boat detailers), the gel-coat is also oxidized and covered with water spot stains.

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Oxidized Gel-coat
The top side is oxidized from exposure to the sun. The white gel-coat cap has no gloss, shine or reflection. Gel-coat in this condition is very porous and will tend to deteriorate even faster than gel-coat that is smooth, glossy and sealed with wax.

Because the sides of this boat are filled with holograms, more than likely from someone finishing while using a wool pad on a rotary buffer, chances are VERY good that the top side is also filled with holograms it's just with the oxidation and because the gel-coat is white we can't see the holograms. That doesn't meant they are not there, it just means we can't see them. We still have to remove them.

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T-top Waterproofing and Oxidation Removal
We will be removing the canvas off the T-top and then washing and water-proofing the canvas and then while the canvas is off we can polish the white paint and seal the frame to restore a new look while protecting it too...

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Metal and Plastic Surfaces
All the brightwork on this boat is just like the hull and top side, that is it's oxidized, water spotted and dull so we'll be doing some metal polishing as well as restoring all the eisenglass.
 
Here's the updated list for the Thursday boat detailing project.




Sign-up List

1. Mike Phillips - Of course I'll be here!
2. Frank
3. John
4. Antti
5. Ozzy
6. Den
7. SR66
8. Craig
9. Chris
10.





If you're not a member of our Marine31Online.com discussion forum but want to attend this Thursday night's project you can go ahead and reply to this thread and attend the class.

It's my normal habit from running discussion forums to try introduce boat guys to our boat forum but at the same time I know some guys are mostly into cars but are interested in helping out with these boat projects.

So feel free and even encouraged to reply to this thread.....


It's all good....


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