replacement for boat pride products.

Hi all.
In my Autosleepers manual, it recommends Boat Pride hull cleaner and rubbing compound for the glass fibre roof.
I cannot locate these on the web, so guess they are either under a new name. or not trading anymore.
does anyone have a favourite they use instead?.
cheers.
steve.

Hi. I used Farecla Gel Coat Restorer on the roof of my Duetto. Came up a treat. A Google search will find it for you.

thanks for the advice, ill give it a try!!.

I think I can add a bit here as I have been into car detailing for over 30 years.. 

For glass to get a crystal clear finish there is a product called Cerium Oxide. Its a dedicated glass polish and will restore glass better than when the cars left the showroom. 

For plastics like skylights simple vehicle bodywork polish is the way to go. Use a medium cut polish first then work down to a fine finish and you will be truly amazed at the results ! Many in the car detailing world  do this to restore headlights which are pitted or have yellowed. 

HTH.

OK any branded products that are readily available with those ingredients?.

steviecoles28 wrote:OK any branded products that are readily available with those ingredients?.

It's likely that quite a few so called glass polishes will have cerium oxide carried in the base paste. These polishes may work but nowhere near as good as plain CO mixed with water. 

When I polish a screen for instance I mix the CO powder with water to thickness similar to an automotive polish like for instance Auto Glym. 

I put this onto a pad on a rotary polishing machine and polish the glass. It can be applied by hand it just means it takes longer and is hard work. 

The results are amazing ! I have polished out deep scratches made by dodgy wipers scratching the screen. A packet of CO is only a few quid off Ebay so the cost is minimal and far cheaper than the frankly hopeless consumer range of glass polishes.. 

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did i miss something here.
I thought the original question was about polishing the gel coat on a glassfibre roof.
Something I've got to tackle, but I'm not looking forward too.

finbar

finbar wrote:did i miss something here.
I thought the original question was about polishing the gel coat on a glassfibre roof.
Something I've got to tackle, but I'm not looking forward too.

finbar

My apologies I read "Glass" 

Polishing fibreglass is exactly the same as automotive bodywork. The gel coat on fibreglass/composite is very thick so will take a heavy cut safely in order to restore. 
Plain car polish will do the trick. I would use a medium cut polish and polish using a rotary polishing machine for good fast results. Farecla G3 is a good polish for this application but you will need to mist the area you are working on with water from a spray bottle to lubricate the polish and get it working.

If its a roof you are doing the hard bit is getting at it !