Putting it on was a lot of work, but worth it.

[John Richard]

I finished the application yesterday. I did the boat while it was in the water, which didn't make the job any easier. I had to continually readjust the dock lines to get the hull close enough to reach. Since mine is a new boat, the preperation was the easier part. I did one side, waited a day and did the other and figured out a better and less-tiring way to do it. Instead of working in five foot sections, I found it easier on my body to do about three to four feet. This way I could more less sit in one spot and sweep the applicator across the hull's surface. Another problem I encountered was there is a through-hull on the starboard side of my 410. It must have spewed some water out on to the hull while the Poly Glow was still tacky. I'm going back this morning to try to redo this surface.All in all, the boat looks terrific and the cost was a tenth of what I would have been charged by professional detailers.John Richards/v Jack's Place

 

[dave]

worth it?

i've been reading about poly glow. i have a 25 footer and question is 5-6 applications at $53 each is really worth it. seems like an awful lot of work!!

 

[Greg Ketley]

Dave.....

Dave,you need 5 or 6 coats, not 5 or 6 kits!!! I did my 34' hull with one kit and it looked better than it ever did in the previous nine years.It was a lot easier to put on than wax. It has only been a few months since I applied it but it still looks as good as the day that I put it on. Wax did not stay looking good even that long. It's too bad that the Admiral wants to sell the boat......

 

[dave]

thanks greg

you just bought one kit and it was or was not alot of work?? i'm hoping to make mine look like new also. it does evry spring after a good wax and beads for the whole summer but by fall it is fadede. question. i have a blue line below the rub rail. do i poly that also?

 

[John Richard]

Mor information

You only need to buy one kit. I used half on my 410. I would suspect that this was because the boat is new and there was no oxidation to remove.When I said it was a lot of work, I meant that the boat needed to be positioned close enough for my 58-year-old body to reach. The process requires that you put on five applications of the liquid. There is no rubbing, just wiping the applicator across the entire surface. After the two and a half hours that it took me to do one side, I was tired. The work came in when I had to reach down about a foot or so to reach the water line. I applied the product to the blue boottop and the other taped parts. No problems. When you consider that the cost to have a detailer come out and use a buffer to do the boat, versus the Poly Glow cost, it is a bargain. And the outcome is really nice.John Richards/v Jack's Place

 

[dave]

thanks john!

then it should be a snap for this almost 55 year old body to do on a 25 footer up on jacks for the winter season! loli apprceciate the feedback. i wasn't planning on taping over the blue stripes so polyglow will work on the hull and stripes with no taping? it said clear surfaces only and that confused me. should i wait until spring to do it as directions say a few times a yeardave

 

[John Richard]

Dave

Doing this while out of water would make it much easier. With your size of boat, you should really enjoy the process. Nothing in the directions said not to apply over tape, so I did it. Not sure about the weather angle in New Jersey. In So. Calif. we don't need to worry about the cold.Good Luck