Polytrol

[Bullfrog]

Anyone have experience of using this paint "restorer"? I have some but all the instructions are in French.

 

Help please

 

David

[Gary Peacock]

Anyone have experience of using this paint "restorer"? I have some but all the instructions are in French.

 

Help please

 

David

 

http://www.owatrol.uk.com/docs/Polytrol.pdf

 

Well it might give some clues.

[Bullfrog]

Thanks Gary

 

I now know what to do if I swallow any!

 

David

[Tony Brooks]

Thanks Gary

 

I now know what to do if I swallow any!

 

David

 

 

Now I expect a few of us will want to know how effective it is and over what timescale.

[Bullfrog]

Now I expect a few of us will want to know how effective it is and over what timescale.

 

Let you know this time next year!

 

David

[Bullfrog]

Now I expect a few of us will want to know how effective it is and over what timescale.

 

So I applied it this weekend. 1st I mopped the boat down with tap water and spot of detergent then I let it dry in the sun and a bit of breeze that was blowing. I was only doing the cabin sides ' cos I'm going to put non-slip on the roof later on.

 

Thanks to Gary's link I found one sentence that said the product could be applied either with a soft cloth or a brush - I chose to use a 3" brush. The liquid has a consistency somewhere between water and cooking oil, so it goes on very easily with no brush marks. Because it is a clear fluid I could just paint straight over the coach lines with no masking or anything. The brushes cleaned afterwards with hot water and detergent. I attach some pics to show the results.

 

It takes up to 8 hours to dry, so it was still tacky to touch when we had to drive home, but was already impervious to the rain shower that came on.

 

I was delighted with the results so far. If it lasts through this year i will be more than pleased at the improvement in the boat's appearance for the expenditure of £18 a litre (and I've still got 1/2 left) and a couple of hours labour.

 

David

 

Now the pix - before I started, Blakes enamel, exactly 3 years old this weekend looks quite faded and chalky.

 

 

 

Just started down one side you can plainly see how the paint has returned to it's original darker colour and is now glossy.

 

 

 

 

Finished job - well pleased

 

 

 

Edited 'cos I got the Image-shack links wrong

Edited March 10, 2008 by Bullfrog

[Mick_B]

Don't know..... I got this before the fix and thought her colours were fine...

 

[Bullfrog]

Don't know..... I got this before the fix and thought her colours were fine...

 

Similar green?

[BlueStringPudding]

And can Polytrol be painted over at a later date?

[Bullfrog]

And can Polytrol be painted over at a later date?

 

Good question !

 

I would expect it to be cut back during prep for any re-paint.

 

I personally will be trying another coat of Polytrol first!

 

David