Anyone use PoliGlow??

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I was talking to a friend at the dock today and mentioned I was going to start buffing the boat with Buff Magic this weekend, then go over it with ProPolish. He suggested I look at PoliGlow, no buffing. He also told me one of the guys on the dock has been using it for years. His boat always looks great, nice and shiny. I'll check with him this weekend, but he must be pleased with it. I checked the web site and it seems too easy to get a good shine that stays for a year, too good to be true thing. But they have a satisfaction guarantee for year.
I'm sure someone here has had some experience with it. Does it do as good a job as they claim, and is it as easy to apply as it seems? Hard to believe you can get that kind of shine and keep it for a season with no real work.
 
Bob,
I bought a boat 2 years ago that had that sh*t on it. It is an acrylic polymer, aka, floor wax. It will yellow over time and eventually get dull and grey looking and start peeling, to get it off, I had to use a product from Home Depot called, ZEP. I sprayed it on full strength and finally got it off the boat so I could compound it. Someone on BE told me to use ZEP, I had tried everything I knew of and couldn't get it to budge.
I'm sure by now you can tell, I'm not a fan of the stuff. I'm sure some others have had experience with it and I would be interested to hear their story. No more for me, thanks.
Best of luck, whatever you decide to do.
 
It's also know as Poliglop.

Stay FAR away for all the reasons Harlan mentioned and then some!
 
If it sounds too good to be true....it usually is. PoliGlow and its counterparts usually look good from the get-go but do not age well. You are putting a mop'n'glo sealer on fiberglass that will be very difficult (read expensive) to remove. Most posters commenting on this product were luke-warm to very pleased with the initial results but after a year or two using the product, became very disillusioned with it. It will peel if the surface is not prepped exactly right, gets spotty and after time will require stripping (read expensive) and reapplication. If your boat needs awlgripped and you don't have that kind of money or want to make it look good to sell, it might be the cheap solution. JMHO.
 
It does work. But you have to apply it just right and never let to much time pass before you recoat.

Most people only use it once and then regret it.
 
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Originally posted by Capt. Bill1

It does work. But you have to apply it just right and never let to much time pass before you recoat.

Most people only use it once and then regret it.

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welcome to the club!

RWS
 
I used it 2 years ago, it left a satin finish on my hull not a gloss finish.

You could see the stuff on your fingernails it was not crystal clear.

When I waxed my boat this year, the stuff is still on there 2 years later.

I liked it at first, but would not go out of my way to do it again.
 
Don't use it and certainly don't go to the trouble of buffing with Buff Magic and then using it! If you still want to use it, go to the grocery store and buy some acrylic floor wax and do a test site.
 
Bob,
To make sure we aren't sending you in the wrong direction, there is a BIG difference between a polymer sealant and an acrylic polymer. I use a polymer sealant and like it. Easy to apply, if you want to take it off and start over, just wash the boat with soapy water and it will go away. I have used it for 2 years, reapply once a year. I never use anything but fresh water to wash the boat, spider poop and road tar will come off with water.
 
I had the worst slip and fall ever using this product's non skid on my boat 3 weeks ago. It is now removed. It was raining and I went to step from the dock to the boat my foot acted like it was on ice. I severly bruised my ankle and have bruised ribs. I applied the 2 part product to the "T". The olny thing that kept me half way on the boat was I grabbed the bow cleat rope as I was falling. I even used and I will repeat the no skid treatment they make. It did look great but whats the point if their no skid product turned my platform into a patch of ice when wet?
Bill
 
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Originally posted by Capt. Bill1

It does work. But you have to apply it just right and never let to much time pass before you recoat.

Most people only use it once and then regret it.

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welcome to the club!

RWS

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Never used it myself. :-)

Just seen and met other people who ended up less than pleased in the long term after using it.

But as I mentioned, in a couple of cases I have seen it last over a fair amount of time. But only when some one has been diligent about re-coating it before any signs of break down.
 
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Originally posted by pdecat

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BIG difference between a polymer sealant and an acrylic polymer
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examples please

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Well in a general sense, I would consider Zaino and Pro Polish polymer sealants. While Polyglo would be an acrylic.

Now I don't know the true chemistry of these products, so I could be off base.
 
Hmmm, PoliGlow...; I thought that was the stuff I soak my teeth in at night... :D:D
 
Then your "teeth" will have a good shine until the stuff starts to peel off.
 
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Originally posted by Capt. Bill1

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Originally posted by pdecat

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BIG difference between a polymer sealant and an acrylic polymer
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examples please

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Well in a general sense, I would consider Zaino and Pro Polish polymer sealants. While Polyglo would be an acrylic.

Now I don't know the true chemistry of these products, so I could be off base.

Capt Bill,

If you use Pro Polish does this create a finish (polymer seal with gel coat) that needs wax, or can this stand alone?

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Stand alone I believe.

The reason I say believe is because I have not used it myself as yet. Because I've been very satisfied with Zanio. But between what I've read and been told by those who use it, it's a stand alone like Zanio.
 
I used it for a few years. Once you decide you aren't satisfied with the finish, it's tough as h3ll to get off. As stated above, you have to use a solvent to get rid of it. I now use straight up wax and it's easier, cheaper, and looks better. I won't go back.
 
Depends on the boat. I had a boat that was twenty plus years old, with colored ( blue) gel coat. It was unbelievably faded/chalked - it looked like the boat belonged in a junk yard. The gel coat was too far gone, no amount of rubbing, or even sanding, plus wax was going to get any shine back. I was planning on an Imron paint job, but time ran out, so in a last ditch effort, I threw on several coats of poli-glow. I was VERY happy with the results.

It didn't by any means look like a new boat or paint job - but the chalky blue gel coat took back a very deep blue color, with plenty of shine. It had a strange look, like the shine was 'painted' on top of the finish, when compared to what a properly waxed newer gel coat would look like. Five months later, it still looked very good. Then the OMC Outdrive went, and I decided it was time to give away the boat. I'm pretty sure it's made it's way to the junk yard it belongs in - so I can't give any long term advice.

In my opinion, if your gel coat is still serviceable enough to hold a shine with compound and wax; spend the time waxing it, and rubbing first if need be - no reason to use a coating like poliglow in this situation. But if you've got a faded out finish that you can't bring back, I would HIGHLY recommend giving poli-glow a try before giving up, or coughing up the money for a paint job.

Of the hundreds of days I've spent working on various boats I've owned, I can't ever remember leaving at the end of the day feeling like I made more of an improvement in the appearance of a boat than I did after the poli-glow application - it really did look like a different boat. But that’s only because of how bad the boat looked when I started. I still would not use the stuff on a finish in good condition, just to save some time on a wax job.
 
In the video the maker of propolish says 3-4X per year in FL. Thats no better than wax.
 
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