One of my favorite products and John has been good to the club, giving everyone at the last year rondezvous free products for their boat. It's a versitile product but must be used right or it's a mess. Here's my instructions. You can get WW almost anywhere or at his site: woody-wax.com
Woody instructions - It's more of a "film" than a "wax"woody wax is the easiest non-skid protectant I have found to use - Powerboat Reports, an independent subscription newsletter agrees, giving it the winner in a shoot out against other products in the June 06 issue. After using for 3 -4 years, I found the directions on the site and the bottle to not be complete enuf to get a good application of Woody. Here's my way which works very well:
WW works best on non-skid and metal.... YOU MUST HAVE A SOFT DECK BRUSH - the Shurhold detachable brush system is the best. A hard brush will not coat the deck, DON'T EVEN BOTHER UNLESS YOU HAVE THE BLUE SOFT BRUSH WITH SPLIT ENDS to move the woody around...helps it get in everywhere. Woody wax is different that reg waxes in that it is water "spreadable" and you put it on when wet and then use water to spread it evenly. That's what it makes it easy to use.
CLEANING THE DECK:
Buy the medium and soft brushes - use the medium brush and whatever you like, Comet non abrasive gel, Simple Green, Barkeepers friend, etc - try barkeepers friend first, it's the least abrasive and cheap - scrub it in, WAIT 5 MIN... rinse off - do it again, if it's real dirty....
WITH THE DECK STILL WET...spray on the woody wax - USE VERY SPARINGLY - your whole front deck will take about 3- 4 trigger pulls of the bottle, that's all - woody is expensive but since it does not take much, a bottle lasts pretty long....Wet the soft brush and spread it around - scrub it in...this is why you need the soft brush, to spread it into the diamond spaces of the non-skid.
NOW THIS IS IMPORTANT --->spray the deck with fresh water HARD again immediately, no need for it to dry......like with the nozzle a foot off the deck...to the point where you feel you've taken it all off again with the force of the water. If you see most of it running off in a brown mixture, you used too much. The water run off should be clean. Don't worry, the protective film is still there, but not the slipperyness. Another good thing about woody is it coats all the hinges and latches too. Do the whole boat his way. My 32 CC deck takes about 11 trigger pulls set on "stream". Woody is not really a "wax", it's more like a "film", when applied correctly....
Wait overnight or in the sun to dry - buff off with a few beach towels with your feet. This is the only time you might want to get on your hands and knees to buff it out. I'm old, shuffling towels with my feet works good enuf for me. Just a minor once over works fine. I have also found that if I'm doing this on a Sunday and leaving the boat for a week, when I come back the next Friday.. I don't buff at all….
Don't lose the moment! Take the brush off the pole and do all your gelcoat all the way down to the rub rail if you want. Woody is also great on every interior piece of fiberglass. Run it everywhere – wait a hour and buff with a towel – Done!
How long will the treatment last? Not too long - about 3 weeks or so. But the ease of application just makes it part of every major washdown or so.
For metal - go to the woody website an order a pair of their cotton gloves - spray woody on the fingertips and you can do all your pipes by just running your fingers all over them - buff later. this way will take you 1/2 the time than using a rag...
also, use woody on your eleltrical connections that are permanent like terminal and fuse blocks, or if you have elelctrical corrosion on such things as batt lugs or wires. Woody eats corroson and seals electrics great.
get a free sample here:
http://www.veradoclub.com/smf/index.php?topic=379.0
