Woody Carnauba Glass Coat Wax

[Tucker]

Just got a broadcast email from My Boat Store about this stuff. 3-coats and just spray it on. Looks similar to PoliGlow but easier to appy and less coats. Says "Out-Of-The-Mold-Finish"; yea right. But Woody wax is great stuff and I may give this a try depending on what you guys say. Ok who's tried this stuff and does it last 6-months??

(Oh, and they give you 100 virgins with your order)

 

[GradyGEO]

Tucker,

I have tried this spray wax, (after i used their compound by hand) and it reallly is right up there with the best I've used. Lasted a solid three months in the middle of a south Florida summer, and when I say lasted, I mean it looked great, kept its shine, and was still beading water. I stretched it another month and re-applied without the compound step and it didn't last quite as long. I think that the hand compounding is the key.

Fleetwax is my baseline for comparing all waxes, and I'm not sure I can say that the woody wax is better...but it sure is easier...not including the compounding step of course. As a result, I switch between both now. Can't go wrong with either in my opinion.

 

[Tucker]

Ok GEO you said it twice; compound by hand. Would a buffed compound job look just as good? Good grief, that's why God mad buffers. I bet you have some nasty guns if you compounded a boat by hand. How many finished coats of wax did you use? Did you lightly buff between coats or just the final coat? My compound/wax job I applied in April is now showing it's age. Be nice to get 3-good months out of a wax job! The Woody sales propaganda says it should last 6-months. No such luck eh?

 

[GradyGEO]

LOL...Hey I'm all for using power when I can...but if you use the Woody wax compound really wet and thin, almost as a cleaner wax, its really not that bad. In fact, it was easier than using the Fleetwax cleaner wax straight from the bottle. I'm just really conservative with buffers and compound. You can really screw up your gelcoat if you're not good at it, and you can can over compound a boat, but then again I don't know what condition your gelcoat is in. Mine had normal mild oxidation from about 6 months of exposure.

So, my process was 1 coat of Woody compound and 3 coats of spray wax. You may be tempted to stop at two coats of spray wax as I was cause it looked pretty good at that stage, but I did the three as directed.

I guess the downside is that the Woody stuff isn't cheap, but I say give it a try...worst thing that can happen is you too will build up those guns.