Newglass & other "fiberglass restorers"

[Jon]

Hi All,
Has anyone tried "Newglass" or any of the other so called "fiberglass restorers"? They claim to be more durable than a good wax and provide high gloss. At $40 a bottle they have some expectation to live up to. Any experiences? Any thoughts?
Jon

[Larry DeMers]

Jon,

I know that i have gotten at least two unsolicited ads from them in my home account, which irritates me a little. Have they obtained a mailing list from here possibly?

Larry DeMers
s/v DeLaMer

Hi All,
Has anyone tried "Newglass" or any of the other so called "fiberglass restorers"? They claim to be more durable than a good wax and provide high gloss. At $40 a bottle they have some expectation to live up to. Any experiences? Any thoughts?
Jon

demers@sgi.com

[M.R. Bober]

I think that Pratical Sailor evaluated this product & several similiar items. I don't remember the specific results--I'll try to find the issue--however I believe that all were deemed to be over hyped.
Mitchell Bober
RESPITE
CD330



thebobers@erols.com

[Bill Goldsmith]

Jon,

I know that i have gotten at least two unsolicited ads from them in my home account, which irritates me a little. Have they obtained a mailing list from here possibly?

Larry DeMers
s/v DeLaMer

Hi All,
Has anyone tried "Newglass" or any of the other so called "fiberglass restorers"? They claim to be more durable than a good wax and provide high gloss. At $40 a bottle they have some expectation to live up to. Any experiences? Any thoughts?
Jon

goldy@bestweb.net

[Jon]

Yes,
I got the same unsolicited e-mail. I think they did get the e-mail addresses from here.
Jon

[Jerry J Commisso]

Hi,
I just received an e-mail this weekend and it too was unsolicited.
Jerry

Jon,

I know that i have gotten at least two unsolicited ads from them in my home account, which irritates me a little. Have they obtained a mailing list from here possibly?

Larry DeMers
s/v DeLaMer

Hi All,
Has anyone tried "Newglass" or any of the other so called "fiberglass restorers"? They claim to be more durable than a good wax and provide high gloss. At $40 a bottle they have some expectation to live up to. Any experiences? Any thoughts?
Jon

liasboat@aol.com

[Tom]

Jon,

I know that i have gotten at least two unsolicited ads from them in my home account, which irritates me a little. Have they obtained a mailing list from here possibly?

Larry DeMers
s/v DeLaMer

Hi All,
Has anyone tried "Newglass" or any of the other so called "fiberglass restorers"? They claim to be more durable than a good wax and provide high gloss. At $40 a bottle they have some expectation to live up to. Any experiences? Any thoughts?
Jon

I got one too. They must have hit the entire board. There's probably software out that will copy all the addresses. We could all write them and tell them we don't like ads on our BB. The notice at the top of our BB does not say that we welcome advertisers to post. Getting hundreds of angry letters would make you wonder how much good you're doing for your company.



TomCambria@mindspring.com

[Jerry]

Hi All,
Has anyone tried "Newglass" or any of the other so called "fiberglass restorers"? They claim to be more durable than a good wax and provide high gloss. At $40 a bottle they have some expectation to live up to. Any experiences? Any thoughts?
Jon

I didn't get any E-Mail from them but I have had some experience using New Glass.

New Glass was easy to apply and it gave a beautiful shine that made the boat look like new. The down side is that some cleaners, like Spray-A-Way, will cause streaks in the New Glass. Once the New Glass finish is streaked, you have to take it all off and begin again. I had a very tough time finding anything that would remove the New Glass. I now use the New Glass as a base sealer that prevents oxidation but I then cover the New Glass with Wax to prevent streaking from cleaners. Overall, its probably more work then its worth!

[Kurt the Spammer]

We should mail-bomb their account:


"Kurt Schenholm"--> schenholm@mindspring.com



schenholm@mindspring.com

[Catherine Monaghan]

Jon,

I've already ordered it and am planning on using it first on the overhead liner in our CD32. If all goes well I'll be using it on Realization's hull as well. I'll let everyone know how it turns out.

catherine_monaghan@merck.com
CD32 <a href="http://www.hometown.aol.com/bcomet/real ... ization</a>, #3
Rahway, NJ
Raritan Bay

Hi All,
Has anyone tried "Newglass" or any of the other so called "fiberglass restorers"? They claim to be more durable than a good wax and provide high gloss. At $40 a bottle they have some expectation to live up to. Any experiences? Any thoughts?
Jon

catherine_monaghan@merck.com

[Catherine Monaghan]

Gel coat restorers were reviewed in the April 1999 issue of Practical Sailor. They reviewed New Glass. Their new product is New Glass 2.


Cathy

I think that Pratical Sailor evaluated this product & several similiar items. I don't remember the specific results--I'll try to find the issue--however I believe that all were deemed to be over hyped.
Mitchell Bober
RESPITE
CD330

catherine_monaghan@merck.com

[Matt Cawthorne]

Jon,
I my CD-36 hull is 18 years old now. In previous years I used cleaner waxes and was the laughing stock of my dock at the marina. A few years ago the switch was made to the labor intensive "doing it right" method. That would be to compound the hull, use y-10 where there was brown, use Colonites cleaner/wax and then follow up with two coats of paste wax. The comments changed to praises for the great job, but it was just too much work. Two years ago I did one section of the hull with Newglass II. It was a little streaky due to the old style applicator, but held up well. Last year I went over it with a few more coats and again did the rest of the hull with the wax systems. Those two seasons were plenty to convince me that the Newglass product is for me. This year I compounded and cleaned the enire hull except for the section that prevously had newglass II on it. The product now comes with a better applicator. Everyone who walked by the boat had great praises for the beautiful finish on the gelcoat. Several asked me if it had just been re-painted. I believe that at least 5 boats in my marina now are using Newglass II as a result of seeing the Patricia Louise.

Here are a few tips.

1. It can easily be removed with a water based engine de-greaser like "gunk"

2. It can get a little bit of the brown stain at the waterline, but some years it is cleaner than the 3 coats of wax and some it is just a little worse. If it gets the stain, just use a little Y-10 and the stain is gone.

3. It protects and shows off a dirty hull just as well as a clean one, so spend the time and get the hull cleaned before the first seasons coating.

4. The new applicator is an order of magnitude better than the old one. The entire hull on my CD-36 is done with less than one bottle of the stuff. Do not skimp on the amount of product that you use, but do not leave runs either. Just wrap the applicator over a piece of foam pipe insulation and dip it in a shallow pan of the stuff. Wipe horizontally and proceed from top to bottom. If you get a minor amount of running from the bottom of one pass just catch it with the pass that proceeds under it. With scaffolds I can do a 10 foot section of the hull in about two minutes per coat. I put on 5 coats. That is less time than one coat of wax. I have friends that used too little of the stuff. They used a spray bottle and wet the applicator. It turned out to be a disaster as too little went on. As they tried to add more to the partly dry material the surface was very rough and streaky. They went over it again with the new applicator and dipping it in pan instead of the spray bottle and it looks fine now.

5. If you get small bubbles wipe them out within a few seconds. Once you put the material on do not wipe another coat on until it is dry to the touch (about a minute or two). My only exception to this is that I overlap the edges of the successive wipes right away.


I also got the e-mails, but assumed that I might have put my e-mail address down on the mailing list at the boat show. Perhaps not. Any way, the product is a good one and worth trying despite the SPAM.

Matt

Hi All,
Has anyone tried "Newglass" or any of the other so called "fiberglass restorers"? They claim to be more durable than a good wax and provide high gloss. At $40 a bottle they have some expectation to live up to. Any experiences? Any thoughts?
Jon

mcawthor@bellatlantic.net

[Ed Haley]

Newglass must be using our database for email solicitation. I wonder if they asked first. Hahahahaha!



eghaley@twcny.rr.com

[M. R. Bober]

They e-mailed me two days after my post to this thread. I've asked to be removed from their mailing list. Time will tell.
Mitchell Bober
RESPITE
CD330



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