How do you buff scratches out of new bass boat

[herefishy]

Hi fellas, I need some advise on how to buff out scratches on my new ranger...I always here people say that it will buff out, but how do you actually do it...Thanks for any info .

[jdw174]

If you're talking just light scratches, I'd use a rubbing compound with very small grit, and a soft cloth.  I doubt that I'd tackle anything too severe myself.  Over zealous use of a buffing wheel can actually burn thru the clearcoat.

[Jig Man]

It depends on the location and amount of scratches.  I got a bunch in the sides of my Champion.  It took four hours with 600 grit wet dry paper and 2 hours with rubbing compound and a buffer to get them to go away.  Then another hour with polishing compound and wax to finish off the job.

It was a pain but the shop wanted $300-$500 to do it.

[kbkindle]

It depends on the location and amount of scratches. I got a bunch in the sides of my Champion. It took four hours with 600 grit wet dry paper and 2 hours with rubbing compound and a buffer to get them to go away. Then another hour with polishing compound and wax to finish off the job.

It was a pain but the shop wanted $300-$500 to do it.

7hrs  at $40.00 a hour    $280.00  + material  =   kb not a bad price  here at our shop we charge $60.00 hr

[Way2slow]

How bad of scrathes? Light surface scrantches can be wet sanded out but remember, the gel coat is not that thick and don't take a lot of sanding to go through it to the color coat and metal flake. All colors of metal flake are siver once you sand it.

Light scratches can be wet sanded with 1200 grit, (strongley recommend no courser, especially for a beginner). If you have a variable speed buffer, you can slow it down to about 1,500 rpm and buff the sanding scratches out with fine grit compound. If doing it by hand, sand with 1500 and then 2000 grit. Then hand compound it with fine grit compound. This is only doable for small areas, your arms won't last to do the whole boat. After compounding, 3M hand glaze will make it look like new again. Don't try to use a standard high speed buffer/side grinder, with a buffing pad, YOU WILL burn the gel. Gel is hard and larger grit sanding scatches will be very difficult to get out and you greatly increase the risk of cutting right through gel.

Might even try just going all over it with 3M hand glaze, that alone will make a world of difference.

[kbkindle]

kb kindle again      way 2 slow is correct with sanding with1000 or 2000  paper   wet sand then buff    we allways used mequiers mirror glaze  #85   diamond cut compound 2.0   it's what we used on boats and cars will not scratch  clear coat or gel coat  works the best   kb

[RobDar]

kb kindle again      way 2 slow is correct with sanding with1000 or 2000 paper wet sand then buff we allways used mequiers mirror glaze #85 diamond cut compound 2.0 it's what we used on boats and cars will not scratch clear coat or gel coat works the best kb

MeQuires products are just the best if you ask me! Them and Mothers wax products are all I ever use on my vehicles.  MeQuires Scratch X work really well! I struggled and struggled trying to get the swirl marks out of my Black Ram Van after a bad detailing job by the dealership...MeQuires Scratch X did the trick!

If you can feel the scratch with your finger nail...you will have to go the sanding route. If you cannot feel if with your finger nail it should buff out with rubbing compound and some polish.