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08 March 2013, 21:42
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POLISHING THE KEEL OF A RIB? GOOD or BAD IDEA!
Is it a good idea to clean or polish the underneath of your RIB? I have heard differing thoughts on the subject. I am cleaning my Rib and tubes for the new season. I have cleaned the top but not too sure about the bottom.
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08 March 2013, 22:00
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It depends what you're cleaning and how you're cleaning it - expand a bit and we'll give you food for thought!
A photo is always fun...
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08 March 2013, 22:54
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I use Ciff to clean my hull. Seems to do a good job with no adverse effects as yet. 
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09 March 2013, 07:37
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Cleaning is obviously a good idea but polishing is a bit OCD.
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09 March 2013, 09:13
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Originally Posted by GJ0KYZ
Cleaning is obviously a good idea but polishing is a bit OCD.
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Oh dear ,,, I wash mine down after every trip and polish every 3rd/ 4th or so. Used all year round and still like new: it OCD Jeff 
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09 March 2013, 09:30
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Oh dear ,,, I wash mine down after every trip and polish every 3rd/ 4th or so. Used all year round and still like new: it OCD Jeff |
Every 3rd or 4th trip is probably just mild OCD; every single trip would be bonker-roony.
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09 March 2013, 09:36
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My name is Peter and a buff my hull......OCD?...yep, help needed.... ;-)
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09 March 2013, 09:42
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So what's the best hull polish? I use turtle car wax but I have read in a few places car wax may actually slow the hull down or something like that?
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09 March 2013, 09:43
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Keeping a hull clean is easier if it is polished and waxed now and then.
As Nugent and the refurb squad will tell you, it's amazing how much a little TLC will add to the value of a RIB...
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09 March 2013, 09:51
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So what's the best hull polish? I use turtle car wax but I have read in a few places car wax may actually slow the hull down or something like that?
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Polish and Wax are not the same thing, although the terms are occasionally used interchangeably by youngsters and newbies 
Polish/ing is mildly abrasive and needs to be followed by Wax/ing which is a protective barrier.
It is a confusing area and no doubt I am, as ever, confused. The use of the terms floor polish and shoe polish for what are effectively, waxes, has to complicate the matter.
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09 March 2013, 10:01
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Meguiars flagship premium marine wax
OCD and proud lol
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09 March 2013, 10:11
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Defo no OCD as I have never polished my hull as I am with the understanding that a polished hull makes the water stick and can slow it down , as with a clean but not polished hull makes the water aria rate down the hull making it less sticky .
But I would suspected that the difference is so little that you won't even notice it !
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09 March 2013, 12:10
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Defo no OCD as I have never polished my hull as I am with the understanding that a polished hull makes the water stick and can slow it down , as with a clean but not polished hull makes the water aria rate down the hull making it less sticky .
But I would suspected that the difference is so little that you won't even notice it !
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That's right. This clean hull/polished hull thing is a hotly contested, never-ending debate in performance yachting. Just remember: time spent polishing a hull could be time spent watching YouTube.
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09 March 2013, 12:17
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Just remember: time spent polishing a hull could be time spent watching YouTube.
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 ...or RIBnetting
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09 March 2013, 12:38
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...or RIBnetting |
or RIBnetting..!
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09 March 2013, 13:04
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does a polished hull help you skim over rocks any easier? 
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09 March 2013, 13:22
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It is possible I suppose  but do beware while out ribbing of donning them there B.S. suits,  as the Black shadow that's emitted from them does seem to have a Pied Piper effect on fellow wearers and apparently obscures Big F**K off light houses warning of the impending rocks... and Big'uns at that 
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09 March 2013, 13:33
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It is possible I suppose but do beware while out ribbing of donning them there B.S. suits, as the Black shadow that's emitted from them does seem to have a Pied Piper effect on fellow wearers and apparently obscures Big F**K off light houses warning of the impending rocks... and Big'uns at that |
I thought it was sandbanks they were drawn to!!
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09 March 2013, 13:36
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I thought it was sandbanks they were drawn to!!
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not with all that damage to there skeggs and props. 
Nice Lighthouse though http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulsfl...1004/lightbox/
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Just thought I'd try it as my first post.............
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