I finally finished this 1971 Sea Ray Pachanga for a buddy at work, and it really kicked my butt. I had posted a few intermediate photos in the marine section, but that forum doesn't seem to get much traffic so now that I'm done I hope you don't mind me posting in the Click and Brag.
This boat was 37 years old, had a lot of marring and chalky, faded gel coat. Plus, where the registration numbers were removed there was a significant amount of ghosting.
Process:
Peel off numbers, remove adhesive with Goo-gone and plastic razor.
Wet sand where shadows remained from faded letters/numbers by hand: 300, 600, 1500.
Went at it HARD, for hours. Would have gone way past bare metal had this been a car, left a lot of his boat in my wet sanding water bucket and on the floor of my garage
3M Marine Compound / wool / 2200, multiple passes.
3M Finesse-It Finishing Material / Blue Edge / 1800
Meguirs Flagship Premium Wax
Meguiars NXT Metal Polish on metal parts.
Megs APC 10:1 all cockpit vinyl, then steam cleaned to sanitize as the owner said he found some mouse poop when he took it out of storage.
Hi Temp Rug Shampoo all carpets, nylon brushed, extracted with hot water.
Dressed all vinyl with
303 Aerospace.
On to some pics.
Befores:
During:
Finished:
Certainly doesn't look as good as new .... but much better than the 37 years old it looked when it showed up.
Owner thinks it looks fantastic, so that's what that matters. Personally, I haven't been this tired in a long time
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