Loss of shine on cab-over finish
The finish on the front of our cab-over has lost its shine over the past several years. I would like to try and restore it and was wondering what is a good product to use. I see Mequiars has a "Fl...
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Are you referring to the gel-coat/ fiberglass ?
If so do you have a DA Polisher to work with or are you going at it by hand ?
Always start off with product that is NOT so abrasive , you can always go more abrasive. Hard to fix when you use too abrasive IE alot more work to polish it out to a shine.
I bought a 2005 FW 5000 that was neglected bad and had alot of oxidation all over including the chassis paint too.
I used Meguiar's Marine*RV Oxidation Remover #49 comes in a Blue Bottle. I found it at the local NAPA auto parts store.
It is a heavy duty cleaner but mine needed it.
You can start out with the first one you mentioned in your post.
If that doesn't cut it then I'd highly recommend the #49 .
You could use this with a DA Polisher just make a few passes instead of like I had to do which was about 5 passes per section.
Then followed up with Meguiar's Ultimate Wax with Pure Synthetic Polymer
At CW I bought a bottle of RV Gel-Coat Cleaner Wax that a sales guy there recommended and with by hand hardly touched the oxidation !
For the paint on the chassis I used Meguiar's Mirror Glaze Ultra-Cut Compound #105 to get the water spots etc off then finished up with Meguiar's Mirror Glaze Ultra Finishing Polish #205 and then a couple coats of Meguiars Ultimate Wax with Pure Synthetic Polymer.
My 5000 is only 25ft so it took me a good 4 days to do the whole rig, I took my time and did what I could each day till the it got to warm to work.
If I was indoors or under a cover could have done it in 2 -3 days
What I did first was clean the roof as best I could and treated it with Thetford roof cleaner /conditioner. (Won't get the black streaks, well not as bad as before)
Then washed the whole rig using Dawn dish soap never letting it dry ,did a small section at a time then hosed it off. I didn't want it to streak the decals.
Using the Dawn soap , it stripped all the old wax (if there was any) off and now I had a fresh base to work on.
Its alot of hard work, but sure looks nice when your done.
If so do you have a DA Polisher to work with or are you going at it by hand ?
Always start off with product that is NOT so abrasive , you can always go more abrasive. Hard to fix when you use too abrasive IE alot more work to polish it out to a shine.
I bought a 2005 FW 5000 that was neglected bad and had alot of oxidation all over including the chassis paint too.
I used Meguiar's Marine*RV Oxidation Remover #49 comes in a Blue Bottle. I found it at the local NAPA auto parts store.
It is a heavy duty cleaner but mine needed it.
You can start out with the first one you mentioned in your post.
If that doesn't cut it then I'd highly recommend the #49 .
You could use this with a DA Polisher just make a few passes instead of like I had to do which was about 5 passes per section.
Then followed up with Meguiar's Ultimate Wax with Pure Synthetic Polymer
At CW I bought a bottle of RV Gel-Coat Cleaner Wax that a sales guy there recommended and with by hand hardly touched the oxidation !
For the paint on the chassis I used Meguiar's Mirror Glaze Ultra-Cut Compound #105 to get the water spots etc off then finished up with Meguiar's Mirror Glaze Ultra Finishing Polish #205 and then a couple coats of Meguiars Ultimate Wax with Pure Synthetic Polymer.
My 5000 is only 25ft so it took me a good 4 days to do the whole rig, I took my time and did what I could each day till the it got to warm to work.
If I was indoors or under a cover could have done it in 2 -3 days
What I did first was clean the roof as best I could and treated it with Thetford roof cleaner /conditioner. (Won't get the black streaks, well not as bad as before)
Then washed the whole rig using Dawn dish soap never letting it dry ,did a small section at a time then hosed it off. I didn't want it to streak the decals.
Using the Dawn soap , it stripped all the old wax (if there was any) off and now I had a fresh base to work on.
Its alot of hard work, but sure looks nice when your done.
