Wet sand and polish

[CD7]

Looking for recommendations on getting an older boat wet sanded, buffed and polished around the Springfield area. Thanks!

[Dutch]

You might get it done at Championship Marine in Spokane.

[Flysmallie]

I used to do a bunch of those in my younger days. It’s not hard to do. If you decide to take it on yourself let me know and I can get you going in the right direction. The main thing you have to figure out is if there is enough there to be able to make it better. That depends on how bad it is and the quality of the original finish. You would be surprised at how bad some of the boats that I started on were and most of them looked brand new when they rolled out of the shop. 

[magicwormman]

20 hours ago, Dutch said:

You might get it done at Championship Marine in Spokane.

Bring money and LOTS of it!

[cheesemaster]

7 hours ago, magicwormman said:

Bring money and LOTS of it!

This - for sure. 

[mixermarkb]

Shockey's boat and motor over on Bull Shoals does that, I think. They do pretty good work, but I've done a few of them myself. It's not difficult, just takes man hours and elbow grease. You can buy a variable speed buffer at harbor freight for like 30 bucks, a couple foam pads and two grades of 3m or ProTec polish, plus some sandpaper. I'm going to re-do both of my boats here in a week or two when I can catch decent weather and time off of work.

[Dutch]

8 hours ago, magicwormman said:

Bring money and LOTS of it!

Probably, but Tom and his crew sure do good work.

[CD7]

Thank you for the replies.

[magicwormman]

11 hours ago, Dutch said:

Probably, but Tom and his crew sure do good work.

Great guys, great work, but very pricey! 6 Grand to shoot from the rub rails up on a 20 ft Ranger.

[Flysmallie]

1 hour ago, magicwormman said:

Great guys, great work, but very pricey! 6 Grand to shoot from the rub rails up on a 20 ft Ranger.

Wow. Maybe I should get back into repairing boats.