Front Cap Rejuvination with Poliglow?

[Montana_2957]

Does anyone have any experience with a product called Poliglow?

The front cap on my 2003 Mountaineer 315 RLS when home in the yard always faces south. It is suffering from oxidation and had lost much of it's shine. I tried various waxes which helped some but would not bring back the original luster. A friend suggested Poliglow - a two bottle system, one for washing, the other a solution of "polymers" wiped on with applicator. It is easy to apply. I was skeptical but today I tried it. The immediate results are quite spectacular. It now has a smooth feel and has that bright wet look - one would never know there had been oxidation present - quite impressive. It reminds me of adding a clear coat to a paint job. The Poligow people claim will last 12 months, will not wash off, and then just apply another coat.

The questions are whether the luster will last, how it reacts to bugs etc.

[RMccord]

Where did you purchase it?

[Montana_2957]

I just googled "Poliglow" and ordered directly from the company. I think I first saw something about it on "Ship-shape" TV program where they were using it to rejuvinate boat finishes.

[sreigle]

Don & Sumi, our Montana also needs something like this and I've been looking around for a solution. After reading your post I checked out Poliglow. It seems to be the most promising for best results without hours and hours of backbreaking work. However, I just read the company's pdf file about prepping the surface and it scared me just a little. It doesn't say anything about decals but it does talk about do's and don'ts and possible lightening of colors, etc. So I'm wondering whether you just went right over the decals with the contents of both bottles or did you apply to avoid the decals? Also, how many coats did you apply? And did you follow the directions closely? Sorry so many questions.

Thanks.

Here's a link to the pdf file on prepping the surface:

http://www.poliglow.ca/PREPARATION%2...OLI%20GLOW.pdf

[Montana_2957]

Steve, I am sitting here as a thunderstorm goes through looking at the TT cap. It is the first time I have seen the water bead up since new. I want to be careful that I am not too enthusiatic here, cause this is the first time I have used this.

That said, I had some of the oxidation color from the green in the decal come off when I was trying regular waxes. There was a very minimal amount with the Poliprep wash solution when sprayed directly on - so was then careful not to spray directly. But when I sprayed the Poliprep on the decal on the side where no oxidation had taken place - it had no effect, so I suspect it was more the oxidation and not that it has a bad effect on the decals. (The PoliGLOW solution has no effect on color or decals) The Poliprep wash is 3 parts water to 1 part poliprep -doesn't seem to be any stonger than a solution to say of 409 mixed with water. It was not good at taking off tar or bug reside so I used De-Sov-It citrus solution 1st then hosed down the cap, and squirted on Poliprep with a squirt bottle, went over cap with a soft brush - the kind that attaches to the hose and washed in the usual fashion.

When dry, just wiped on the Poliglow with shami(sp?) cloth that came with solution - and back came the brightness. In the sun it dries quickly and I did about 4 coats doing 4 foot areas as per directions. That is about all I know at this point. However, I liked it so much I am in the process of completing the whole trailer and it looks good. I wish I had taken a before picture but pic probably wouldn't do justice to the effect. When the sun comes out will see what I can get.

If it lasts, this could be a good product since is certainly easier that all the waxing I tried 1st. Steve, thanks for all your great posts!

[Montana_2957]

Here is an after picture, the spots are rain drops. Sorry if this picture is too big, I am just learning.

[sreigle]

Wow, that is impressive. Thanks for the great information. I guess I'm going to try this stuff. I see it costs about $60 for the whole kit. That would be worth doing rather than using compound with lots of hours of rubbing. Now I need to see if I can buy this locally or need to order it. Thanks again. Great info.

[Montana_2957]

Steve, just finished the whole trailer. The remainder went really fast since there was no oxidation - went over most areas only twice, and it looked good with even only one coat. Used just over half the bottle of Poliglow and only very small amount of wash, so that brings the price down some. Now if it will last - hopefully will only need to touch occasionally.

[sreigle]

Thanks for the additional info. I have a guy coming out to wash and wax ours tomorrow, then will look into using poliglow on the front and rear caps. That's assuming the front cap will still show the oxidation after the waxing, which I'm sure it will. I probably won't poliglow the sides since they are high gloss and are still pretty shiny and should really shine after tomorrow.

Thanks. Your picture looks great!