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Tech Talk => Gelcoat / Paint / Fireberglass Repair => Topic started by: IRRebel on June 01, 2011, 02:53:37 PM

Title: Pickle refinish, Bass Boat anyone?
Post by: IRRebel on June 01, 2011, 02:53:37 PM
So for the past 3 weeks, I've had my slaves (Kids, their friends, anyone else dumb enough to come by, yeah I did a lot myself too) Grabbing sandpaper and wet sanding pickle down. This has been bugging me since I bought it. SO I FINALLY gave RJ the go ahead to hit it with the buffer and Meguire's Oxidation remover.......

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Just getting started, but MAN what a difference! Once this is done...... twice (Told RJ It hadda be done or he wasn't allowed to go to his moms this summer...... >:D ) Then we touch up the deck gouges that were in it when I bought it, be a brand new Bass Boat!!

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I'll get some pics after he gets done with round 2 and we hit it with some wax..........under the lights to see it well!  :thumbup:

Ray
Title: Re: Pickle refinish, Bass Boat anyone?
Post by: Luckie Stiff on June 01, 2011, 02:55:25 PM
That's the boat you need to bring to Big River...
Title: Re: Pickle refinish, Bass Boat anyone?
Post by: ka0tyk on June 01, 2011, 02:55:34 PM
do yourself and get a DA, it'll rip thru that oxidation MUCH faster than that orbital and it wont leave your arms all tingly. 
Title: Re: Pickle refinish, Bass Boat anyone?
Post by: IRRebel on June 01, 2011, 02:58:33 PM
do yourself and get a DA, it'll rip thru that oxidation MUCH faster than that orbital and it wont leave your arms all tingly.

LOL, That's why the kids are doing it. I just showed him the big DA, he just didn't listen........crazy kid.

Ray
Title: Re: Pickle refinish, Bass Boat anyone?
Post by: IRRebel on June 01, 2011, 03:00:09 PM
That's the boat you need to bring to Big River...

Well that's the one thats coming Jeanne Dixon....... :sly:
 :thumbup:

Ray
Title: Re: Pickle refinish, Bass Boat anyone?
Post by: Luckie Stiff on June 01, 2011, 03:05:50 PM
Well that's the one thats coming Jeanne Dixon....... :sly:
 :thumbup:

Ray

Jeanne Dixon? Really? I would much rather be Miss Cleo  :beer:
Title: Re: Pickle refinish, Bass Boat anyone?
Post by: ka0tyk on June 01, 2011, 03:19:27 PM
LOL, That's why the kids are doing it. I just showed him the big DA, he just didn't listen........crazy kid.

Ray

haha "lets play the polishing game!"

i fell for that WAAAYYY too many times... ugh.  polishing a blower by hand sucked. 
Title: Re: Pickle refinish, Bass Boat anyone?
Post by: IRRebel on June 01, 2011, 03:35:29 PM
haha "lets play the polishing game!"

i fell for that WAAAYYY too many times... ugh.  polishing a blower by hand sucked.

TDawg roped me into that one last summer! Never polished a Powerglide before.....or ever will again for that matter.......But his boat DID SHINE!

Actually, when he's done with all this, I got a shipment of MetalWax for him to work over the engine with. As soon as we get to Big River wiith it, gonna hafta swap out the OT pipes with some new ones I got that Harry has for me. hafta meet him along the way........ :thumbup:

Ray
Title: Re: Pickle refinish, Bass Boat anyone?
Post by: HDriderTH on June 01, 2011, 04:55:58 PM
TDawg roped me into that one last summer! Never polished a Powerglide before.....or ever will again for that matter.......But his boat DID SHINE!



Oh C'mon Ray it IS getting a ittle dull and you ARE comming up inna month or so...... Nobody else has ever been able to make it sparkle like you do..... ::)
Title: Re: Pickle refinish, Bass Boat anyone?
Post by: IRRebel on June 02, 2011, 02:27:16 PM
More progress today. Had RJ on the MetalWax for awhile.......attention deficit disorder he wanted to do more tough up and buffing then wait til later to do the rest of the metal, But DAMN! This things lookin better than I imagined it could! The kids got a talent! YAY!

 

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This picture just doesn't do it justice......Not even waxed yet, hopefully today and Ill get some pics under the streetlights! I need Chromey here to show me how to work this friggin thing.... :screwy:

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Ray
Title: Re: Pickle refinish, Bass Boat anyone?
Post by: IRRebel on June 02, 2011, 02:41:08 PM
TDawg roped me into that one last summer! Never polished a Powerglide before.....or ever will again for that matter.......But his boat DID SHINE!



Oh C'mon Ray it IS getting a ittle dull and you ARE comming up inna month or so...... Nobody else has ever been able to make it sparkle like you do..... ::)

Yeah, allright, I'll do it.....Only 'cuz its you and if you promise to not be grumpy about it........ ;D

Ray
Title: Re: Pickle refinish, Bass Boat anyone?
Post by: IRRebel on June 03, 2011, 03:07:41 PM
2 Coats of wax, kids gonna hit it again (Lord the sun here is crazy this early) BUT Here's the result, Momo's still in process later


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Ray
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