Well I jumped in and started wet sanding the boat today. I got his a boat a couple of years ago and I am certain that it hasn't been waxed in years. It is amazing what a little "elbow grease" will do!
I am pretty sure it will never shine like new again but this will probably as close as it will ever get.
I started out with 1000 grit sand paper but quickly jumped to 800 grit for the first pass over the bottom half of the boat. I must say it looks 1000 times better after sanding then it did yesterday when I washed it, in preparation for the shading. I have not applied any wax, polish etc... to the boat as of yet, this is all just wet sanding. I am also just doing the bottom half of the boat for now as it looks a lot worse then the top half. Here are some before and after pics of the sanding. I have two more sanding sessions yet to go with 1500 and 2000 grit sand paper. Hopefully I will get to put a couple coats of paint moisturizer on it tomorrow. IF all goes as planned I will have some shiny updated pics for you guys tomorrow!!
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