The Great Garbanzoe
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I have my Sunfish propped upon sawhorses down at a shop I share with my brother. He restores furniture. The bottom has that tannic tea stained appearance with some remnants of leaf "veins" plastered here and there. I was going to head down to do the Alan Glos wash/bleach/polish routine back on the 19th of March as it was in the upper 60's here in CNY but never got to it.
I popped in yesterday to see my brother and the hull was clean! I asked what he had done and said he used a 320 grit on an orbital sander. There was still dust on the hull, it did not have any shine to it....not that there was any when I bought it...but it felt nice and smooth. Looked 100% better as well. Too cold to take outside...15 degrees with 8" of snow yesterday...to rinse off.
Just wondering if 320 was too agressive. He is much more talented than I with "fine" surfaces so I'm sure he didn't lean into it. It looks really nice even without any "glos" (sorry Alan), evident on the hull ....but I'll have a better look when the weather breaks.
Could he have damaged/removed gel coat? If so, what next?
I popped in yesterday to see my brother and the hull was clean! I asked what he had done and said he used a 320 grit on an orbital sander. There was still dust on the hull, it did not have any shine to it....not that there was any when I bought it...but it felt nice and smooth. Looked 100% better as well. Too cold to take outside...15 degrees with 8" of snow yesterday...to rinse off.
Just wondering if 320 was too agressive. He is much more talented than I with "fine" surfaces so I'm sure he didn't lean into it. It looks really nice even without any "glos" (sorry Alan), evident on the hull ....but I'll have a better look when the weather breaks.
Could he have damaged/removed gel coat? If so, what next?