Keep it sparkly!

[Vollmer]

What are you guys using to keep your boat clean and sparkly?
Just wiping it down?
Spraying it down with a product first, then wiping down? What product?

Other?

 

[SDMF]

Wiping it down right away is a good plan. 50/50 Vinegar and water if you want to get rid of spots and any build-up once it's dry. If it gets a lot of buildup I use orange turtle wax paste heavy duty rubbing compound on a variable speed polisher and then a good carnauba wax over that.

 

[Riggen&Jiggen]

The best and cheapest way I have found is mix 50/50 white vinegar and water in a spray bottle. Spray boat and wipe off. Takes water spots off with no effort. This does take wax off so I will use turtle wax spray every couple of weeks. Twice a season I use the past wax.

 

[CatDaddy]

I go with an aluminum boat to avoid the "sparkly issues" altogether ;:;popcorn

 

[Velva_zv21]

Wipe down after pulling out of water immediately... takes 5 seconds to wipe down when you give every kid you brought with a towel. Then in between I use the pressure washer and a bucket and brush designated just for the boat with a good soap and wax combo

 

[Meelosh]

A wise man once told me ‘no one steals a rusty tool’. It applies to boats too.

 

[Fishmission]

Fan of Lucas Oil Speed Wax on a semi wet boat, great clean, shine in one.. and smells oh so good.
like him or not, Zona's Eagles One Wax as U Dry is really good too. Have a couple bottles from Walmart. Either is good.

 

[shorthairsrus]

I know it really doesnt count -not fiberglass -but i do have a ton of clear coat and the paint is metallic under -- and the paint is from some foreign overratedexpensive car i dont remember what -- to buy it it was $$$$$ at the ramp i use i just hose the thing down -- devils lake is terrible on boats. Then when i get time a couple times a summer take the vinegar to it. Us alums like to keep our metallic paint shiney!!

 

[Migrator Man]

Ducky

 

[SLE]

Mine gets wiped down in the parking lot every time it gets pulled out of the water. On the very rare occasion that doesn’t happen or when I want to touch it up a bit more after it’s dry and back home, I use a product called “Hot Sauce” which is a pretty good water spot remover. They also have “Quickie Sauce” which is a spray wax. I also do a full detail and Wax once a year with Meguiars Flagsip Matine Wax. I’m pretty picky and I’ve been pleased with these products.

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[Lou63]

just get a dull paint and you dont have to worry about spots etc

 

[dgully]

I use “Hot Sauce “ but as I use it, it sure smells like 50/50 water white vinegar, Iam going back to the 50/50

 

[Bfishn]

We use the 50/50 vinager water at the end of every weekend, and big sparkly looks new after 4 years. We do use another wax spray about twice a year but can’t remember the brand, Probably whatever the dealer said to use. To be honest if you use your boat 3 days every weekend, every day gets excessive. We did that for about a month and realized once at the end of the weekend had the same results.

 

[AaronJ]

50/50 vinegar wiledown then wipe with Bassboat Saver (cleaner wax).

 

[raider]

my boat's gonna b pist and jealous if it reads this thread...

 

[BDub]

If I cleaned the old Tyee it would probably leak like hell.

 

[Rizzo]

 

[Captain Ahab]

3M products for big sparkle.

 

[LBrandt]

Wipe it down with the liquid out of those pints of Gulp, works two-fold. Do this right before launching and its like the Candy Van to the fishies.

 

[tigolbitties]

I have heard good things about this guy's products. See him mentioned over on WalleyeCentral all the time. Restore boat polish and wonderfoam.

https://larsensales.com/products/index.html