# 21+ hours to cover 25 feet.
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/21-hours-to-cover-25-feet/211899
**Category:** Vendor Marketplace
**Created:** [May 1, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/21-hours-to-cover-25-feet/211899 "2011-05-01T16:55:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@gt08vapor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/gt08vapor)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/21-hours-to-cover-25-feet/211899/1 "2011-05-01T16:55:51Z")
I have been waiting for a nice weekend to complete this boat for a client. He bought it last fall thinking it needed to be repainted. I was called up and asked to look at it and give a qoute. One a price was set, just had to wait for the weather.
As with all big jobs, Cal is always happy to lend a hand. We did a 3 step correction and worked 21 hours. The gelcoat had failed in a few spots and needed to be really worked down. It had be horriable oxidation that was turning the boat from a deep red to white and pink.
To get started the boat was foamed using a foam cannon
once it was washed, i could tell the true condition of the gel coat.
No depth or reflection.
Gelcoat failure
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Here is a 50/50 after just the compounding.
Here is 50/50 of the top half after compundin only
and another 50/50
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Me up on top, working my magic
Here are the sun shots. Being a cloudy day these were tough to get.
The boat completed.
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### Author:  [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/21-hours-to-cover-25-feet/211899/2 "2011-05-01T17:16:05Z")
Looks like it turned out great, but holy shit at 21 hours. That’s a hell of a task to take on.
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### Author:  [@gt08vapor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/gt08vapor)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/21-hours-to-cover-25-feet/211899/3 "2011-05-01T19:05:52Z")
> [@Paulo](#):
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> Looks like it turned out great, but holy shit at 21 hours. That’s a hell of a task to take on.
Boats are a big task. But i love detailing. So i enjoy it very much
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### Author:  [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/21-hours-to-cover-25-feet/211899/4 "2011-05-01T19:22:46Z")
wow turned out amazing, id like to see it after a month of solid use with just rinsing it off…
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### Author:  [@gt08vapor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/gt08vapor)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/21-hours-to-cover-25-feet/211899/5 "2011-05-01T19:47:58Z")
I will be doing regular washes and waxes every month or two. The oxidation should not return after elminating it. It was not just hiddedn with a glaze and wax. Gelcoat will oxidiaz very fast though, due to the poures being so large and absorbant. Regular waxing will keep it protected from this happenig to this exstent again.
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### Author:  [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2011, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/21-hours-to-cover-25-feet/211899/6 "2011-05-02T06:00:54Z")
I will be doing my boat very soon if it will ever stop raining. Looks good though.
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### Author:  [@ieatpaint](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ieatpaint)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2011, 6:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/21-hours-to-cover-25-feet/211899/7 "2011-05-02T06:07:16Z")
Fantastic job.
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2011, 6:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/21-hours-to-cover-25-feet/211899/8 "2011-05-02T06:07:32Z")
Looks good. Hoping to pull mine off the side of the house and get it into the garage for a spring detail if the lawn is solid enough to support my SUV and trailer. Looking at the weather it might not happen this week.
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### Author:  [@juicedz4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/juicedz4)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2011, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/21-hours-to-cover-25-feet/211899/9 "2011-05-02T09:36:19Z")
Looks great. I recall back in the early 90s my parents had the dark blue stripe on our boat coated with something so it wouldnt oxidize again. The name escapes me but it was some sort of like clear protectant finish. Was mint forever after that.
Dan
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2011, 10:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/21-hours-to-cover-25-feet/211899/10 "2011-05-02T10:00:59Z")
I’m just finishing up doing mine. No compounding this year though. Just hitting it with a cleaner wax.
I love the way boats clean up though, it’s phenomenal.
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### Author:  [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2011, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/21-hours-to-cover-25-feet/211899/11 "2011-05-02T10:02:04Z")
probably added a good bit of $$$ value to the boat doing this.
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2011, 10:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/21-hours-to-cover-25-feet/211899/12 "2011-05-02T10:05:45Z")
> [@theblue](#):
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> probably added a good bit of $$$ value to the boat doing this.
Almost any boat will clean up this well. I wouldn’t say it makes the boat worth much more, but it definitely makes the sell nice and easy.
In my honest opinion, it’s common knowledge that compounding and waxing a boat will fix up the gel coat (at least in the boating community). Most people should be able to see through it, but we all know that buyers are a pain in the ass.
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### Author:  [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2011, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/21-hours-to-cover-25-feet/211899/13 "2011-05-02T10:41:06Z")
Looks terrific.
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/21-hours-to-cover-25-feet/211899/14 "2011-05-02T12:28:03Z")
Came out great :tup:
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### Author:  [@gt08vapor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/gt08vapor)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2011, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/21-hours-to-cover-25-feet/211899/15 "2011-05-02T12:35:21Z")
Compounding can spruce a bout up quick if your just looking a quick shine. It does leave lots of hazing and swirling. Its the extra steps that bring out the depth and color.
Gel coat can is just like cars. Some clean right up and others will not untill re get the right match of polishes pads and speed.
Thanks for the replies to