Clear Coat Questions...

I retitled this thread for better indexing. I can't imagine someone using the keywords "dumb product question" in a search for information.

They might....but since you're not going to be ranked there, they'll have to settle for reddit, Forbes, Business Insider, etc.

Right. I Googled "Dumb Yacht Question" and sure enough, we're top of the page...

https://www.google.com/search?q=dumb+product+question&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=dumb++yacht+question

Define "a while"........

On the car, it's often a combination of factors. First, it may not be necessary at all. Second, it's being charged at many times it's cost.

I grew up on the lake with many of the high performance bass boats having clear coats to enhance/protect their metalflake or high gloss paint.

I recently had clear coat put over the top of Awlcraft 2000 on the transom only so soot would be easier to remove. Love it for that reason.

Thanks Capt J just purchased some and will do that.

A coat or two of Awl craft 2000 clear wont make it any easier to remove soot or exhaust from your transom as its the same chemical formula as pigmented or colored Awl Craft be it medium or high solids clear . If you truly want a long lasting easily cleaned transom (in lieu of waxing) than a ceramic coating on top of your Awl craft is the answer. Try something on the order of International Super Yacht Coatings ISC-CCI or Ceramic Pro Marine and you wont have to touch it again for 5 to 10 years but be forewarned that once a ceramic coating has chemically bonded to your Awl Craft coating you'll be married to it until your next paint job. Ceramic coatings and high performance films are becoming the norm in this area.

With an Acrylic Urethane like Awl Craft 2000, any reducer & converter will have evaporated after 14 days or two weeks & the coating is considered "fully cured". Awl Grips applicator guide will confirm this.

Just looked up your 9H product and found out it's a ceramic clear coat product or to use their lingo a "Nano based ceramic clear coat". That's pretty funny because I posted info on ceramic clear coatings in post #15 and have used ceramic clear coats like CCI & Ceramic Pro but not 9H. Excellent product name though derived from the Mohs hardness scale. Ceramic clear coats are absolutely not a myth or smoke and mirrors as ceramic coatings have been in use on running gear for couple of decades under the name of Prop Speed and Pro Pel Max and most people don't realize these coatings are ceramics. The three clear coat paint protectant formulas that I know of consist of polymers (wax's), nanotechnology ( various compositions but claims to be a true ceramic) (Si02) and true methyl silane ceramics. I'm sure there's plenty of automotive application videos out there on YouTube that prove the D.O.I. and abrasion toughness of clear coat ceramics. I've had the opportunity to have ISC- CCI professionally sprayed on a couple of mega yachts from the overboard exhaust ports aft to the stern and the deck crew raves about how easy it is to clean with no exhaust acid etching the surface. I now see it being used on stainless railings and hardware on many vessels. Aircraft use ceramic coatings on the leading edges of turbine intake cowlings etc. I believe that Alex Seal has a proprietary Methyl Silane or ceramic clear coat recommended for areas of exhaust that they've just released or getting ready to release to the public after a few years of field testing aboard a few chosen vessels.