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[Nos4r2]

Armor-all actually penetrates the surface of any painted parts. If you ever want to repaint you've got to strip all the paint off and start again or get massive fisheyes. Paintsprayers HATE cars that have had the paintwork done with it.

[codprawn]

Originally Posted by Nos4r2

Armor-all actually penetrates the surface of any painted parts. If you ever want to repaint you've got to strip all the paint off and start again or get massive fisheyes. Paintsprayers HATE cars that have had the paintwork done with it.

Must be pretty good then!!! I know it's slippery for a few days after use but it soaks in and stops rubber/pvc etc drying out or cracking - it's cheap abd a little goes a long way!!!

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by codprawn

No but fairy liquid would probably do as good a job!!!

Ah, the cheap skate approach is way off on this one. Never wash your car with washing up liquid, unless it's such a nail that you don't care. It strips all waxes and any kind of protection that the paint may have and leaves it exposed.Road grime, salt etc will attack it with relish. Stone chips will rust all the quicker. Wash a red (pre-laquer) car with fairy and it'll oxidise and fade within days.

[John Kennett]

Originally Posted by codprawn

Just a quick question - how long does the floor stuff take to dry and does it need to be kept away from rain etc until it has???

It dries in a couple of minutes. By the time you've worked your way round the boat, it will be ready for the next coat.

I used three coats, which took a total of about 2 hours on a 7.5m RIB. It's really easy to apply, just wipe it on -- no polishing or buffing.

John

[codprawn]

Originally Posted by John Kennett

It dries in a couple of minutes. By the time you've worked your way round the boat, it will be ready for the next coat.

I used three coats, which took a total of about 2 hours on a 7.5m RIB. It's really easy to apply, just wipe it on -- no polishing or buffing.

John

Thats great - all I need now is the boat............

[hard1]

Fairey Liquid (and most other brands) contains quite a decent chunk of salt . Use it in your Windscreen wash and watch your paintwork fade and your rust spots grow.....

[codprawn]

Originally Posted by hard1

Fairey Liquid (and most other brands) contains quite a decent chunk of salt . Use it in your Windscreen wash and watch your paintwork fade and your rust spots grow.....

My mate has used this for years - no problem!!!

Do you REALLY think that the salt in washing up liquid is worse than the TONS of the stuff they chuck over our roads every year???? Hasn't your car turned white during the winter because of all the salt???

As long as the stuff is rinsed off afterwards no problem at all.

Logic is all it takes.....

[The Garfish]

Originally Posted by codprawn

Logic is all it takes.....

ands dat doo dishis arr az sofft az yorr faice

morr lyke brayn inn codsporns caise


gArf

[hard1]

[Manos]

Small amount of fairy liquid ONLY in warm water to wash and get rid of the dirt. Rinse with water.

Toluene based (or neat Toluene if yuo can find it) to cleane any dirty spots any where tubes, fiber glass even on your car paint (although I will not use it there) that other so called 'cleaners' and methods will NEVER clean. You must be IN A VERY WELL VENTILATED PLACE WHEN YOU DO THAT Toluene staff!

NOTE: (Now I'm on the subject I just remebered that Mr JK banned me for suggesting Toluene ALTHOUGH OTHERS HAVE SUGGESTED IT BEFORE ME TOO!! have a look at his link!!!!! What a ....... whatever is his forum any way so ............... )

And finally to protect the tubes from UV rays (this was the original question I beleive) use any 50, 60, 70, 80 whatever high factor sun tan lotion you find (I use Nivea is cheap and 1/4 of a bottle does all of my 8.5/9 mtr boat). It stays on for about 2/3 weeks at a time and I beleve that it works (may it doesn't but my boat's tubes look brand new and they sit under 40C in the summer in Greece).

Now if you want the boat to shine too after you wash it well, use sun lotion factor 50,60,70,80 whatever and then after you finish this job, use Armorall (the shine staff) aftewards. Guranteed results

Good luck

[Chopppywaters]

lol...is that a joke? how fookin long would it take to get all that sun tan lotion on the boat hah

[hard1]

You put - ah - 'kin - oh it hurts - suntan - grunt - lotion - on - no, stop! - yer 'kin - tooobs?

[Jono]

Welcome, to the wonderful world of Manos.

[Chopppywaters]

lol I mean im Greek too so we have similar crazienesses...but F'in sun tan lotion?......id need like at least 10 hot chicks in bikinis to do that if i was gonna

[codprawn]

Just think of the best way to apply all that suntan lotion - half naked girls rubbing it in all over.....

[John Kennett]

Please can I reinstate the User Reputation System?

Pleeeeeease?

John

[Jono]

Originally Posted by John Kennett

Please can I reinstate the User Reputation System?

Pleeeeeease?

John

Now what’s the phrase I’m looking for?…..

[danny]

I am really amazed. I'm using the normal floorwax/polish now on the tubes for a month or three and have never had any better protection like this before.

Very very easy to clean and very easy to aply.

Just the normal wax that we use on wooden floors.

Aplied it in three layers with a slowrev polishmachine and the job was done in 15 or 20 minutes.
It's called Woodboy vloorwax and costs about 11 euro 750 grammes.
I've used about 50 grammes for both tubes.

[SOLENTER]

I still think you are all mad smearing floor polish on your pride & joy
rib that is
Has eney body contacted Pennel industries to see what thay recommend
and whether or not theirs eney long term problems likely to occur
through chemical reactions ect
Perhaps henshaws would like to comment and i was going to say
Paul tilley but i see he is slapping it on now
even Coldprawn is at it and he hasent got a boat yet ?

[OceanEco]

I use 3M 303 AEROSPACE PROTECTANT it is like armour all but much better. It is a true uv protectant. not slippery either.