light haze question?

[JohnR]

Different compound grades are made for removing the scratches left by different grit papers and at the end the glaze added a lot of depth to the gel on mine. That thread was kind of like a "gel coat restoration for dummies" since I had never done it before and got a bunch of help from the guys over there.

[bigroundrocks]

Just an update, boat is complete and looks amazing. Pyro, I took your advice I'm glad I did. My previous post I don't know what I was thinking. I guess after rereading yours a couple times and letting it sink in it makes since. I did the bow like you explained and I'm way happier with how much less work it was. boat looks amazing. I used 3m super duty, 3m finesse, Meguiar's #7 glaze, and collinite #885. I have to say I don't like the collinite simply because of the effort involved. The results though were amazing. But it never really seemed to dry or haze. I just rubbed for ever it seemed, then wiped off. Thank you all for your insight. This being my first, I didn't think I could make the boat look this good.

[stevo18]

I did the same steps has you for my STV and man what a difference it made. the only thing I had troubles with was the wax it seemed to stick to the boat. I had to wash it off a few times after and it took care of the problem.

[captadhos]

After the 3M compound, finish with their FinesseIt product, it's great.

[stevo18]

yup but with the finessIt make shure to turn the recomended speed. I went slower and it did not turn out the way I wanted it did not have that deep shine that everyone was saying I had to redue the entire boat and then it turned out nice.
I used a foam pad to do it.