Detailing & Cleaning Articles

How To Shrink Wrap A Boat For those of you not familiar with shrink-wrapping, it is done by draping a plastic sheet over the boat, fastening it in place and then shrinking it tightly to the boat with the application of heat. Sounds simple doesn’t it? It is possible to buy and apply shrink-wrapping yourself…

How To Prevent Damage As The Oil Spill Surrounds Your Boat Many marina operators are preparing for the worst as the effects of the New Horizon tragedy threatens their facilities. Many have and will deploy all available containment booms and pull boats where equipment and space is available. It is yet to be seen if…

How To Rescue Your Boat When The Gulf Oil Spill Rolls In With crude oil looming on the horizon, boat owners need a plan for preventing damage and cleaning hull surfaces once they are fouled. The effects of crude oil buildup on boat hulls can cause extensive damage to fiberglass, painted surfaces, finishes and equipment….

Dual Action Polisher Pads: Differences Explained Pro Polish foam pad Most foam pads soak up polish too quickly, making the polish and pad ineffective because the polish can’t reach the desired surface. Shurhold’s black Pro Polish foam pad is designed with compressed cell structure (CCS) technology, which uses strategically placed, partially closed foam cells. There…

Dual Action Polisher Pads: Maintenance and Product Application At Shurhold, we get a lot of questions about the pads associated with the Dual Action Polisher: the Pro Polish foam pad and the Buff Magic Compounding pad. In this article, you’ll find tips for how much product to use on each pad, how much surface each…

Protect that Investment in your Boat It doesn’t much matter if your boat is made from aluminum or fiberglass and it doesn’t matter how big it is, combine the cost of that boat with the motor and the trailer it sits on and you’ve got a major investment. Unless you leave your boat stored away…

Dual Action Polisher: Test and Review As promised, here, although somewhat later than at first planned and promised, are my thoughts on the Shurhold polisher. I have also included a set of pictures of the process that I went through following the Shurhold instructions and using products that they supplied along with the machine. Buff…

Preventing Water Spots After a rain, you may see water spots on the sides and windows of your boat/car/RV. Or worse, you may get stuck with water spots after you give it a good washing! Those spots can be really frustrating when you work hard to take care of your possessions and you want that…

The Effects of Salt and Fresh Water and How to Prevent Them Never mind all the true but sometimes overworked sayings about what “cleanliness may be next to”, there are a number of very practical reasons for keeping your boat as clean as reasonably possible. First, an accumulation of dirt, slime, rust, corrosion, and the…

Restoring a Glossy Wax Shine to your Boat’s Gelcoat Detail Like a Pro Boat wax and elbow grease equals a showroom shine: seems simple, but in reality it is a little more complicated and most boat owners simply just do not have the tools and experience to properly maintain a show room shine. Some just…