Pontoon Boat & Deck Boat Forum

Polishing is all finished, its off to get a full detail and ceramic coated, we will see if it's the rage they claim it is. Talked to a guy in Texas that coated a entire toon last year said when they pulled it out And washed it it never looked like the toons hit the water so hoping for similar results on mine. Till then here is some eye candy

What did you use to polish them and what was the process? Would love to do mine over the winter.

[quote="Gonefishing"]What did you use to polish them and what was the process? Would love to do mine over the winter.[/quote]

Step 1: Find a guy who polishes trucks for a living. He did the entire boat for 800 bucks.. I figured it was cheaper to go to work than take a month off to get it looking half as good as he did. He sanded then high speed 3 step buffing. It is a real process if you don't do it all the time/ know what you are doing... but he made it look easy, did the entire boat in about a day. I have done wheels before and it's a major undertaking.

Step 2: Pay the man!

The detailer used a high speed buffer and the side of a buffing pad--probably cotton. I would think he polished it with a rouge. There are examples of the polishing techniques for heavy truck fuel tanks on UTube.com.

When my Bennington was new, my dealer took delivery of it the end of May from the factory. He stored it in the dark in a large warehouse until I bought it on July 7th. It had already begun to tarnish.

I don't go to the measures to get such a mirror finish as this toon got. I'm too lazy to maintain such a finish, as they start to tarnish quickly if Sharkhide is not immediately applied. I tried the Sharkhide, but getting the toons clean enough with lacquer cleaner would take 10 times as long as just a simple polish job.

I wait until the first of June to polish my toons yearly.

[quote="Bamaman"]The detailer used a high speed buffer and the side of a buffing pad--probably cotton. I would think he polished it with a rouge. There are examples of the polishing techniques for heavy truck fuel tanks on UTube.com.

When my Bennington was new, my dealer took delivery of it the end of May from the factory. He stored it in the dark in a large warehouse until I bought it on July 7th. It had already begun to tarnish.

I don't go to the measures to get such a mirror finish as this toon got. I'm too lazy to maintain such a finish, as they start to tarnish quickly if Sharkhide is not immediately applied. I tried the Sharkhide, but getting the toons clean enough with lacquer cleaner would take 10 times as long as just a simple polish job.

I wait until the first of June to polish my toons yearly.[/quote]

Thats why its getting ceramic coated, they claim its a one time deal

Looks incredible. Please keep us updated on how the ceramic coating works. And how much it costs if you don't mind us asking.

Thanks!

[quote="bradm"]Looks incredible. Please keep us updated on how the ceramic coating works. And how much it costs if you don't mind us asking.

Thanks![/quote]

it's pretty much been 75-100 a ft where my quotes have been. Which in my opinion sounds expensive, They polish everything on the boat and do a lot of clean up and prep before they coat it. But thats everything, seats carpets top and bottom. My boat sits in a open uncovered slip all summer so i'm really hoping it cuts down on the amount of work it takes to keep it clean.

Toon envy! Man those tubes are gorgeous! That's an amazing mirror finish.

Looks good! It took me 2 weeks to do my old Premier. I won't do it again!

Than you for the info. From the posts I think I wi just that. But will add one more step.
Step 3 drink beer while being done.

Very nice! Although its not for me, those do look nice. I'm afraid it would open up a whole new can of worms, one that would make it necessary to continue to do that.

Looks nice.

If I did that, then the first time I went fishing and my brother or I got stink bait on them, I'd be ticked.

LOL!

[quote="NonHyphenAmerican"]Looks nice.

If I did that, then the first time I went fishing and my brother or I got stink bait on them, I'd be ticked.

LOL![/quote]

I'm not really into lake fishing, however, if one can jump on while i'm cruising at 50 he is welcome aboard for a beer.

Not to question the beautiful look but isn't it counter productive to keep the drag on a boat as low as possible? I thought a slightly rough surface creates air bubbles while under way which are limiting the drag on the boat. Such smooth surface will not and subsequently increase drag.
Just a thought and may open for discussion.

[quote="Reiner"]Not to question the beautiful look but isn't it counter productive to keep the drag on a boat as low as possible? I thought a slightly rough surface creates air bubbles while under way which are limiting the drag on the boat. Such smooth surface will not and subsequently increase drag.
Just a thought and may open for discussion.[/quote]

It's not polished on the bottom, Just the visible parts of the pontoon. But it's getting ceramic coated, which has been proven to increase speed on vhull's so far, Plus keep buildup lower when in slip, which will also help me keep the speed up.
also as you can see in the photo i'm going to try and attach, these boats don't ride very much of the hull in the water, so the inside and outside surfaces of the pontoon probably won't affect it much for good or bad.