I bought a used Wilderness Systems Tempest that had been used pretty hard as a guide’s boat. It had obviously encountered a number of barnacles or other sharp objects leaving a lot of “whiskers” on the hull. I thought it would be a good idea to sand these off, which I did. Now the hull has a smoother, but still slightly rough and the hull looks sort of “dusty”. Is there a good way to polish up the hull and make it slicker? I thought about using polishing compound like you would on a car finish, but not sure how it would work on the plastic.
Hot Spoon
Pnetter DVDKitch told me that a heated spoon stroked over the whiskers will do the trick.
I’ve not tried it yet, but makes sense.
Not worth it. Go paddle the thing.
yep
go paddlin’!
getting the biggies off is all that is necessary. smooth and shiny ain’t gonna happen.
steve
Wait a sec, flat.
Arent you the one that used a power sprayer and posted how much the water deflected and fanned out even from “whiskers” that seemed very tiny to the naked eye?
Yeah, that’s what I’m talking about.
yep
I did post that. The spray off’n the powerwasher DID make it apparaent how much resistanse one has…so remove the biggies with a sharp knife and go paddling. To spend time and effort sanding off the bottom of a kayak and attempting to get it shiny and smooth??? I don’t think so.
steve