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Nitro1 Austin Boater Offline Faster than you Posts: 244 Devil's Cove	Best marine wax? Jul 23^rd, 2010 at 5:52pm I've been using the middle of the road Autozone products. Are they all the same or is there something that everyone here just LOVES?
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XX14NORDICRAGE Land Lubber Offline San Antonio Navy Posts: 44 San Antonio Gender:	Re: Best marine wax? Reply #1 - Jul 23^rd, 2010 at 6:07pm Just recently tried Babe's spray on/wipe off and it looks great and is very simple.
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Shaka Veteran Austin Boater Offline Austin Boater Posts: 282 Round Rock, Texas Gender:	Re: Best marine wax? Reply #2 - Jul 23^rd, 2010 at 9:56pm If used Babe's before and it works good. This summer I've been using and Ducky boat cleaner to get rid of the water spots when I first pull her out of the lake. I really like Meguiars boat wax for waxing.
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XX14NORDICRAGE Land Lubber Offline San Antonio Navy Posts: 44 San Antonio Gender:	Re: Best marine wax? Reply #3 - Jul 24^th, 2010 at 7:55am After a day at the lake I wash and then finish up with a spray bottle of water and vinegar before putting her away. Works pretty well.
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Captain YARRR Admin Offline Doing the rain dance Posts: 2587 Round Rock, TX Gender:	Re: Best marine wax? Reply #4 - Jul 25^th, 2010 at 3:43pm I'm using some Wal-Mart off brand boat wax, works pretty well, my boat has a great shine. I might try some Zaino that I use for my Viper, fantastic stuff. That vinegar idea is pretty neat, I may give that a whirl.
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Wake man Lake Captain Offline Austin Boater Posts: 687 Gender:	Re: Best marine wax? Reply #5 - Jul 27^th, 2010 at 2:31pm Wouldn't the vinegar dissolve the wax?
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Shaka Veteran Austin Boater Offline Austin Boater Posts: 282 Round Rock, Texas Gender:	Re: Best marine wax? Reply #6 - Aug 6^th, 2010 at 11:50pm Wake man wrote on Jul 27^th, 2010 at 2:31pm: Wouldn't the vinegar dissolve the wax? I used to use a diluted vinegar solution and it does work well on water spots. The price is right.....but the girl crew hated the smell.
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horns98 Austin Boater Offline Hook 'em horns! Posts: 192	Re: Best marine wax? Reply #7 - Aug 11^th, 2010 at 6:04pm Ha yeah, it works well but yeah I think it does take some of the wax off.
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Re: Best marine wax?
Reply #8 - Feb 9^th, 2011 at 11:55am

From my years in the automotive and marine appearance care industries, I would like to share some insight on the little I have learned. Car wax and boat wax are not the same. Gel coats are significantly harder and more porous that car paint. As a result in order to get the best results and longevity out of you wax application you would need a marine wax. The reason??? Marine waxes are designed with fine abrasives that clean the gel coat surface and pores from old waxes and other contaminents before leaving a fresh layer of protection. I am in favor of using a Marine wax that has a healthy dose of polymers in it making it more durable to the elements that boats are subjected to than carnauba wax which is very prevalent in car waxes. A good marine wax will give your boat a great shine and more importantly last longer. This can help repel water making water spotting less of a pain in stern Tongue

As I am new to the forum I will invite you all to check out my cleaner wax and polymer sealant on my website at www.hulaboatcare.com

I love to continue learning so all opinions are welcome.

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XX14NORDICRAGE Land Lubber Offline San Antonio Navy Posts: 44 San Antonio Gender:	Re: Best marine wax? Reply #9 - Feb 9^th, 2011 at 7:53pm Can you give us a breakdown of how much these products cost and if they can be bought online? Thanks.
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Reply #10 - Feb 10^th, 2011 at 5:58pm

Thanks for asking. All products are available on line at www.hulaboatcare.com. Also at Lakeway Marina and Hurst Harbor Marina.

Pricing for all my products are which are packaged in 16 oz bottles:

Hang Ten Cleaner Wax $11.85
Big Kahuna Polymer Sealant $12.99
Surf Off Wash & Wax $8.25
Wipe Out Vinyl Cleaner & Conditioner $11.99
Surf Away Spray Detailer $10.75

I am based in Lakeway and would be happy to drop off product to new friends to save shipping

Orders can be directed to info@hulaboatcare.com

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horns98 Austin Boater Offline Hook 'em horns! Posts: 192	Re: Best marine wax? Reply #11 - Feb 15^th, 2011 at 8:34pm That's very reasonable, I'll give you a try when I'm all out of my wax. I'll keep it local
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Hula Boat Care Veteran Austin Boater Offline What Rocks Your Boat? Posts: 302 Lakeway, TX. Gender:	Re: Best marine wax? Reply #12 - Feb 15^th, 2011 at 10:11pm I appreciate your support and arrange for you and anyone else from this forum to get a koozie.
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In2Deep Veteran Austin Boater Offline Lake Travis / LOTO Boater Posts: 442 Lake Travis/ LOTO Gender:	Re: Best marine wax? Reply #13 - Feb 16^th, 2011 at 2:05pm I've used Waxing Frenzy products for several years, and have enjoyed superior results. Great stuff.
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Re: Best marine wax?
Reply #14 - Feb 16^th, 2011 at 10:01pm

Hey In2deep

I have to thank you for sharing with me a brand of wax I have not heard of before. After more than 15 years in the automotive, marine, and aerospace surface care industries I have seen and collected quite a few brands.

I checked out their website and it looks like the Frenzy Wax uses a combination of carnauba and polymers in their product. I bet you get a great shine for 2-3 weeks after applying the wax then the gloss drops however you still have the polymer protection. My Big Kahuna Polymer Sealant would work very similarly in principal but the key difference is that I use two types of polymers to offer gloss and durability.

I would love to get my hands on some Wax Frenzy but could not order it online or check out the MSDS.

Can you suggest where I can get some so I can try some first
hand?

I would be happy to get you a sample of Big Kahuna Polymer Sealant to get your opinion on my product.

Thanks for the insight...

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