repainting my 96 spx hood.

[sselzer]

I have a 96 seadoo spx and the paint is faded really bad on the plastic hood. What would be the recommanded paint, the hood is teal, but open to different paint schemes, the gelcoat bottom hull and seat are seadoo teal as well. Sean

 

[racerxxx]

Use a heat gun and it will restore the faded teal to like new condition.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ8jGm6vIfk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Just keep moving don't hold it still.

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[racerxxx]

You can buff the hull with a power buffer. I used meguires hull restorer heavy oxidation. I got it at west marine. Did my whole XP with it, then meguires polish, the meguires NXT wax, all with a buffer from harbor freight.

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[anthonygrato]

Wow that's wicked cool! It won't work on paint tho. just the solid plastic. I would try to compound it out first then a coat of wax.

 

[racerxxx]

Hood Before Heat Gun Treatment:

Hood After: Not great, but a vast improvement!

Hull Before:

Hull After:

 

[anthonygrato]

Amazing that's all I got. Did you use that on the hull also?

 

[racerxxx]

Amazing that's all I got. Did you use that on the hull also?

Heat gun ONLY on the hood. 7" sander/polisher from Harbor Freight with a wool pad and Meguires #49 Oxidation remover, then Meguires Ultimate Polish(walmart) on a sponge pad, then finished with Meguires NXT Tech Wax 2.0 on another sponge pad. It looks great but could probably take it further by wet sanding, for now it's good to go!

Oh yeah and a couple of ruined shirts and a few nights with some beers!




Gratuitous Money Shot!

 

[anthonygrato]

Looks great. I started cleaning up my gtx with the same product. I had left over from my boat. But I thought you had an easier way.

 

[YouCanDooIt]

Wow, that's good trick to know. Thanks for that, I wish I had known this before I painted the fender flares on my Tacoma lol.

 

[racerxxx]

I can't take credit for it(heat gun), the guy I bought the XP from told me about it--I thought he was talking rubbish. Then my best friend google proved it to me!

 

[skewba98z28]

I've done the heat gun trick, but it seems to streak and you have to do it over and over again. Heres a pic of my 96 SPX. I cleaned the hood real good with paint thinner, scuffed it, and shot it with krylon fusion. Did the same with the gauge cover except white.

 

[sselzer]

Wanted to know what's the best method to restore my hull also. It sits on a trailer, how would I be able to do it with the trailer in the way. Can I dump it on the grass and flip it over on the side, or will that mess the motor up?

 

[Spimothy Leary]

Wanted to know what's the best method to restore my hull also. It sits on a trailer, how would I be able to do it with the trailer in the way. Can I dump it on the grass and flip it over on the side, or will that mess the motor up?

i've done a couple hulls on the trailer, or stand, what I do is buff as far down as I can reasonably.... then tilt it on the trailer way left and buff away, then tilt it on the trailer way right, and buff away, that will get 90%. you can also flip it backwards on the trailer and let most of the front of the bottom of the hull hang over the back (just keep the trailer latched to your car/truck) so it doesn't flip backwards, and keep it strapped to the winch. Then I can stick my hand in the hard to reach places, and wet sand any left over spots fairly easy... (or climb underneath, but see below)

you really don't want it laying completely on its side...

i don't recommend laying on your back under the trailer buffing, shit fly's all over your face/shirt, I won't do that again, if anything i'll wet sand down there, but not buff.

 

[sselzer]

i've done a couple hulls on the trailer, or stand, what I do is buff as far down as I can reasonably.... then tilt it on the trailer way left and buff away, then tilt it on the trailer way right, and buff away, that will get 90%. you can also flip it backwards on the trailer and let most of the front of the bottom of the hull hang over the back (just keep the trailer latched to your car/truck) so it doesn't flip backwards, and keep it strapped to the winch. Then I can stick my hand in the hard to reach places, and wet sand any left over spots fairly easy... (or climb underneath, but see below)

you really don't want it laying completely on its side...

i don't recommend laying on your back under the trailer buffing, shit fly's all over your face/shirt, I won't do that again, if anything i'll wet sand down there, but not buff.

I you think I would have to wet sand or just buff the hull?

 

[Spimothy Leary]

I you think I would have to wet sand or just buff the hull?
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both.

thats all scratched up but for sure i've seen worse, and its not going to affect performance anyway, this is really only an issue of cosmetics, at 45 mph who gives a chit about the scratches on the hulll, anyway, get some good compound and buff away, look at results, you certainly can't make negative progress so you have nothing to lose.

1500 grit wet paper at ace hardware is like $6 for 3 sheets, obviously a buffer/compound requires a bigger investment. If the hull bothers you then some elbow grease will reduce that annoyance, ie: your ski is failing the eye test. There will be absolutely no performance gain.

you might want to try some good compound and just a scrubby pad, i've had really good results with some buff magic compound and a scotchbrite pad. but there are probably 30 compounds that would work fine, they key is elbow grease, tools/buffers reduce the effort involved.

wet sanding is very effective and requires minimal investment, for a few bucks and a trip to the hardware store and 30 minutes on the hull, you'll probably be pleased with the initial results and be inspired to do more.

 

[sselzer]

I will give the wet sanding a try. I do have a really deep gash in the hull all the way through the gelcoat about 3 inches long, do to the tailer guide stick coming loose on one side.

 

[sselzer]

Do I wetsand in a circular motion or back and forth ?

 

[sselzer]

What's the paint code for the 96 spx teal? Thanks

 

[Jetskigoodies]

You wont need to repaint your hood if you want the factory look. Check this link out. I just buff hoods, the heat gun method always makes the hood look blotchy. In this link i show the exact buffing wheel i use on hoods that is $8 and attaches to any drill and a $10 bottle of compound. Look at the pictures farther down the page of the hood that was completely polished

http://www.seadooforum.com/showthread.php?48028-How-to-clean-your-sun-faded-hood-cover-w-pictures

 

[sselzer]

What about using this method for the sratches on the hull?