Poliglow Prep for oxidation

I am doing a strip and redone on our 35 ft alpenlite using poli glow. After 2 to 3 times a year waxing our 2001 fifth I decided to strip the wax so using bar keepers and TSP and dish soap and a brush to clean every screw holding the trim The finish was flat and no wax. This was a long process as I wasn't going to stop until I knew it was a great job. Poli glow for many 5 years. Stripping is not hard to do but a slow job. Poli glow allows us to enter a 10 year rule rv resort because of how nice it looks.


Most rv'rs pay to have their rv's washed and waxed during the winter but I never felt I wanted that after a bum job once.


chevman

jjj wrote:
I used bars keeper friend to remove lots of oxidation. Then follow with a good wax. It worked pretty good. You will never get that full shine again. You will still have to keep doing this year after year unless you wax it every 3 months or so. Mine is 12 years old and one side always in the sun it fights me every year. The other side is always shaded and still has all its graphics but had to remove all faded and cracked graphics from front driver side and rear and fight oxidation all the time.

^^How did you use the Barkeepers Friend? By hand with damp cloth, or with a random orbit? What kind of pad?

In my 3 year fight with oxidation I have found 3M Fiberglass Restorer and Wax to work about 75%. Just tried some Chemical Guys Butter Wax that seems OK after you get oxidation off.
Weather is cooling off a bit and it's almost time to do battle with the Montana.

May I suggest Meguiers M4916 Oxidation Remover ? It seemed to work well for me. Follow it up with wax or sealer.

I used bars keeper friend to remove lots of oxidation. Then follow with a good wax. It worked pretty good. You will never get that full shine again. You will still have to keep doing this year after year unless you wax it every 3 months or so. Mine is 12 years old and one side always in the sun it fights me every year. The other side is always shaded and still has all its graphics but had to remove all faded and cracked graphics from front driver side and rear and fight oxidation all the time.

X2 on what donn0128 said. We tried it and couldn't get it smooth. Called the manufacturer and they weren't much help. We followed the instructions. Like donn0128 could never get all of it off. We used polishing compound and an orbital buffer on light oxidation

The only real cure is to have the gel coat painted. Nothing else is a permanent fix.

B.O.

Poly Glow is fast and easy and will give your RV a bit of facelift but it doesn't fix the problem. To bring a like new shine to heavily oxidized gel coat requires wet sanding followed by polishing and waxing. Waxing is done as a final step and should really be for uv protection rather than to restore a shine.

Did it once. Never again. Fought the mess after the first year. Never did get all of it off no matter how much stripper I used it seem to still be there.