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Serious question, I thought those new polymer sealers were just a gimmick for years.
I was doing a hull clean on a tug in Seattle last fall and decided to try one of those fancy spray-on polymer coatings instead of my usual wax. It cost me about $300 for the kit and took a full day to apply. The stuff washed off after maybe six weeks, while a proper wax job from the same season is still holding strong. Has anyone else had a good experience with these, or are they just a waste of cash for commercial work?
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nora107mo ago
My buddy Pete runs a small charter out of Anacortes and got talked into that same polymer sealer last spring. He spent close to four hundred bucks and two days putting it on his thirty-two footer, said it looked great for about a month. Then we had that stretch of rainy weather in May and it just washed right off, left these weird streaky marks. It was a total bust, and his story is exactly why I agree with what masona62 said about wallets learning lessons. I stick with the old school wax now, it's boring but it actually works.
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torres.drew6mo ago
Felt the same way about those polymer sealers for the longest time. I was sure they were just overpriced snake oil. Then I watched a guy at our marina use one on his sailboat, and it beaded water like nothing I'd ever seen. I gave in and tried it on my own boat last season. The application was a real pain, and you're right, it just didn't last. Seeing it fail so fast, while my neighbor's wax job looked fine, finally convinced me. Sometimes the old ways are the best for a reason.
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