F11 Topcoat

[M Prod]

I keep getting FB adds for this stuff. It looks pretty spiffy in the ads, and so I'm wondering if anyone here has ever used it, and what you thought of it? Supposedly it doesn't only replace wax, it replaces window and interior cleaners as well? I don't know how that's possible, and so I pose the question.

https://topcoat.store/pages/topcoat...W7ByUjCSSHp-8uBHlYyFugX8zJzPmHh8aAgnmEALw_wcB

 

[PMC]

In a prior life, I was in the auto refinishing world (body shop) and would use a non-wax 3M Hand Glaze finish that would bring an incredible luster to paint. The depth is amazing! The problem is that you dont have any protection from the elements that a quality wax provides.

I have to question why they are promoting this product as a "take you chalky boat, and make it shine again" type product. It is a short term solution at best, and will not last.

The only reliable long term fix to chalky gel is refinishing, or real hard labor intensive work. Wet sanding, compounding, polishing, and finally wax. Anybody worth their salt, that has been through this would agree.

You are dealing with snake oil

 

[M Prod]

In a prior life, I was in the auto refinishing world (body shop) and would use a non-wax 3M Hand Glaze finish that would bring an incredible luster to paint. The depth is amazing! The problem is that you dont have any protection from the elements that a quality wax provides.

I have to question why they are promoting this product as a "take you chalky boat, and make it shine again" type product. It is a short term solution at best, and will not last.

The only reliable long term fix to chalky gel is refinishing, or real hard labor intensive work. Wet sanding, compounding, polishing, and finally wax. Anybody worth their salt, that has been through this would agree.

You are dealing with snake oil

Thank you. That's pretty much the answer I was expecting. There was a part of me hoping that the back breaking yearly chore of buffing and waxing could be somehow made much easier.

 

[tc410]

There was a part of me hoping that the back breaking yearly chore of buffing and waxing could be somehow made much easier.

There is.... paint it with Imron, Awlgrip, or Awlcraft.

 

[Lazy Daze]

Yacht Brite has been making a product for many, many years called Serious Shine. It's meant for a light cleaning (w/o wax removal) and 'spiff up' of gelcoat, along with cleaning windows and vinyl. I'm very pleased with how it works. Seems like F11 is similar?

 

[WV 320 Dancer]

Yacht Brite has been making a product for many, many years called Serious Shine. It's meant for a light cleaning (w/o wax removal) and 'spiff up' of gelcoat, along with cleaning windows and vinyl. I'm very pleased with how it works. Seems like F11 is similar?

Agree with you statement. 303 also makes a boat “detail” spray. In the car world there are hundreds of these same products.