Practical
Sailer May 2007 Article
Shining Star: Poli Glow
Hull Restorer - After
three years baking in the Florida sun, it is still
working.

In 2003, testers
coated this boats hull with three hull restorers:
Poli Glow (bow), Vertglass (amidships), and New
Glass 2 (aft and stern). Poli Glow's sheen (above)
and water-beading action (inset right) are still
visible on the boat's bow.
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Having owned boats over the past 25 years, I have
heard claims about products that are easy to use
and do the job quickly with little effort. Too often
those are false claims. It is so nice to see that
once again the Poli Glow people have come up with
another winner of a product.
We have owned Speranza, our 38 foot Endeavour sailboat
for the past 15 years and put Poli Glow on from
the start adding a couple of coats each year. We
decided to clean the hull by removing all the old
Poli Glow and start over. We used Poli Strip to
do the job.
Poli Strip was a breeze to apply with a very controlled
applicator spray nozzle. All you have to do is follow
the directions of spraying on the product and then
wait 3-5 minutes for the stripper to do the work.
You then just wipe it down removing the Poli Glow
with one application. We took off all 15 years worth
of Poli Glow that was applied to the hull quickly
and with no real effort. The entire boat was done
in less than 10 hours. It did no harm to our vinyl
name decal on the transom.
What a wonderful product - we can't wait to see
the boat shine with her new fresh coat of Poli Glow.
Bill Strauss
Chicago, IL
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Powerboat Reports - January 2007
Most PBR readers take meticulous
care of their boats, faithfully cleaning and waxing
the hull to keep it in boat-show condition. But
sometimes life gets in the way, and the hull may
be (dare we say) neglected for a season. In fact,
the gelcoat could be so far gone that even a good
wax will not bring her back to life.
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Practical Sailer 2006 Article
I just delivered my 1989 Catalina
42 from Annapolis, Maryland to Fort Pierce, Florida.
While every other boat I saw on the Intracoastal
Waterway developed an "ICW mustache,"
five months after applying Poli Glow my boat is
as shiny as new. No mustache, no black streaks,
and the exhaust wiped off with a sponge. Poli Glow's
ability to repel stain makes it a winner with me.
All the waxes I tried would stain faster than bare
fiberglass. I followed the application instructions..
The hull did have a light layer of oxidation before
I started. Though it sounds like a lot of steps,
(six coats you say?) the total application process
was much easier than cleaning compounding and waxing
the hull.
The Catalina
42 Island Time still gleams, shortly after applying
Poli Glow and five months later in Florida
Guy H. Collins
Avondale, Penn. Via e-mail
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High Praises with Poli Glow
We have an elderly couple who owns
a Marine Trader 38 who has expressed high praises
in your product Poli Glow. She expressed great ease
in the application as opposed to years of applying
wax and removal. The simple process of multi coats
have made their life much easier. Also completely
satisfied with the results. They requested one thing;
a second applicater. She refers to it as 'his and
hers'.
Bob Willis, VP
The Sailing Emporium
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A Reprint from Boating
Magazine - Hull of a Glow
If your boat's hull looks dingier
than a high-school locker, liven it up with a coat
of Poli Glow. I used this polyurethane-based fiberglass
polish on my old 1968 cruiser, and while it didn’t
bring the finish back to showroom quality, I could
once again see my reflection in the hull. I’ve tried
a number of waxes and polishes on the hull and Poli
Glow did in two hours what the rest couldn’t do
at all.
Unlike petroleum-based products,
Poli Glow doesn’t have an oil base that can harden,
yellow and flake off. Instead, its water-based blend
of polymers form a sealer that infiltrates the fiberglass
and cures to a hard finish that soap and water won’t
rinse off.
Your hull has to be squeaky clean
and dry, plus you must remove all oxidation and
old wax before this liquid polish can work its magic.
Poli Glow comes with an applicator and is available
in 16- and 32-oz. bottles. The 32 oz. size was just
enough for my 32-footer. Contact Poli Glow at 800-922-5013.
S. Reininger
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Practical Sailor 2004 Article -
Gelcoat Restoration: Back From the Dead
We used hull restorers from
Vertglas, Poli-Glow, and New Glass-2 to revive a
beaten and battered powerboat, and included Collinite's
Fiberglass Boat Wax as part of the test, too.
In the January 1 issue, we reported
the beginning of a long-term wax test. Included
is a product called Poli Glow, which is actually
not a wax but a "hull restorer" that has
tested well for us before, and that continues to
get good reviews from readers.Then we decided it
was time to face off the hull restorers again. Initially,
we were going to stick to restorers only, but Nick
Buchanan, proprietor of Scuba-Do Yacht Detailers
in Sarasota, FL, assured us that he could bring
back a fiberglass gelcoat the old-fashioned way,
with wax. So we decided to include a wax, too, thus
making sort of a mirror-image experiment to go with
the wax story.
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