# Detailing a boat
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/detailing-a-boat/69420
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [June 19, 2009, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/detailing-a-boat/69420 "2009-06-19T12:11:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@jcruiza120](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jcruiza120)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2009, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/detailing-a-boat/69420/1 "2009-06-19T12:11:49Z")
Hey guys, I’m going to be buffing/waxing a Maxum 1800 fiberglass boat on monday, I was wondering what compound/wax I should use that is readily available in the area? I’ve got a porter cable 7424 and auto compounds, but I was unsure of what to use on fiberglass. And how should I prepare/treat the fiberglass before I start buffing?
Sorry if this is the wrong sub-forum, I wasn’t sure where to post this.
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2009, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/detailing-a-boat/69420/2 "2009-06-19T12:15:01Z")
Not sure about the buffing, but I used Colinite marine wax. Must be good stuff judging by how much my wife has bitched about how slippery the fiberglass side is when she steps into the boat. :tup:
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2009, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/detailing-a-boat/69420/3 "2009-06-19T12:15:43Z")
I ALWAYS use Gary’s Royal Satin wax. It’s a great cleaner wax. My boat is an 89 and looks brand new after using this stuff.
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### Author:  [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2009, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/detailing-a-boat/69420/4 "2009-06-19T12:16:15Z")
> [@Fry](#):
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> Not sure about the buffing, but I used Colinite marine wax. Must be good stuff judging by how much my wife has bitched about how slippery the fiberglass side is when she steps into the boat. :tup:
i love that stuff. buy it at advanced auto comes in a clear tall skinny bottle
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### Author:  [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2009, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/detailing-a-boat/69420/5 "2009-06-19T12:18:00Z")
3m Cleaner wax is very impressive at removing oxidation and making the boat shine. You really need to use a rotart on a boat though. Gel coat laughs at orbital polishers unless you are just using it to apply the wax and not polishing at all.
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### Author:  [@jcruiza120](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jcruiza120)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2009, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/detailing-a-boat/69420/6 "2009-06-19T12:18:53Z")
Alright, well that’s one product down lol - Thanks for the super quick responses!
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### Author:  [@slasky](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slasky)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2009, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/detailing-a-boat/69420/7 "2009-06-19T12:20:17Z")
> [@Fry](#):
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> Not sure about the buffing, but I used Colinite marine wax. :tup:
+1
I use it on my boat as well. It is easy to use and lasts all summer on my boat. I did not use my boat much last year and it was still nice and slick when I opened it up this year.
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### Author:  [@jcruiza120](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jcruiza120)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2009, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/detailing-a-boat/69420/8 "2009-06-19T12:20:29Z")
> [@tpgsr](#):
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> 3m Cleaner wax is very impressive at removing oxidation and making the boat shine. You really need to use a rotart on a boat though. Gel coat laughs at orbital polishers unless you are just using it to apply the wax and not polishing at all.
So what you’re saying is I shouldn’t bother buffing with compound, just using the orbital to get the wax in?
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### Author:  [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2009, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/detailing-a-boat/69420/9 "2009-06-19T12:21:41Z")
That reminds me, I’ve really got to wash mine again. I docked it for 3 days at the inlaws and that was enough for it to develop a green scummy haze. No wonder Jay won’t eat fish out of the lake. :roflpicard:
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### Author:  [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2009, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/detailing-a-boat/69420/10 "2009-06-19T12:22:05Z")
hes saying olny use the orbital for the wax. nothing else
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2009, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/detailing-a-boat/69420/11 "2009-06-19T12:23:12Z")
collinite is this stuff? 
funny, I was trying to figure out what that stuff was called
I have had AWESOME results using the Gary’s satin as a cleaner wax, then go back over it with the collinite’s for a really shiny finish.
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### Author:  [@jcruiza120](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jcruiza120)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2009, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/detailing-a-boat/69420/12 "2009-06-19T12:27:05Z")
Alrighty then. Gary’s Satin and then Collinite’s wax. Awesome. Thanks! 👋
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### Author:  [@jcruiza120](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jcruiza120)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2009, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/detailing-a-boat/69420/13 "2009-06-19T12:31:11Z")
Just took a look at it, it might not even need advanced cleaning, I might just wash/wax and be done. Forgot we powerwashed her at the end of last season.
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### Author:  [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2009, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/detailing-a-boat/69420/14 "2009-06-19T12:34:50Z")
Yeah I’ve used Collinite Insulator’s wax on the cars for a couple of years and liked it so I grabbed a $20 dollar bottle of the fiberglass boat wax for the boat. I’m a lazy hack. Probalby spent all of 2 hours washing and waxing, and it still came out well.
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### Author:  [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2009, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/detailing-a-boat/69420/15 "2009-06-19T12:39:00Z")
I use the stuff on my car too, it’s great