Exterior Wipe Down Product Poll

[blueroom]

It's February, everyone is killing time. Let's get the boat care holy wars rolling..... What product do you use for your "daily" after lake exterior wipe down?

[GMLIII]

10-4, the boat care holy wars have begun. Everyone is the expert on boat care, LOL

[blueroom]

Early exit polls showing Babes and Hot Sauce each with 50% of the vote.......

[MN Ryan]

50:50 distilled water:distilled white vinegar

[Alan12]

Shine Supply products are epic. Shine Supply Aftermath for wipe down…..but all of their stuff is premium and works excellent. We have 5 nautique in the fleet…all use this product.

[blueroom]

For those using Hot Sauce, have you used another product like Babes and prefer the HS? We always bathed in Babes at the boat ramp, and with regular wipe downs the boat always looked and felt freshly polished. I like the idea of HS to help with the water spotting, but curious if its polish effect is on par with Babes.

[bturner]

Depends on what the goal is. If boating in hard water where water spots are an issue I'm with MN Ryan and go to KISS with distilled water and vinegar. Cheap, quick and it works. In general I use Quick Detailer. It's automotive but it absolutely works and if you hit your boat as soon as it gets out of the water it'll loosen up the grim while restoring the wax finish on the boat. I try not to overthink this stuff and focus on what works without spending crazy money on snake oil.

Then again.... you do you and spend whatever on whatever.....

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[core-rider]

Wipe down with a wet and dry towels right after pulling from the lake. Periodic wash, polish, wax. I've been using the Marine31 products lately and really like them. Also did a ceramic coat last year with okay results.

[Cadesun]

Turtle Wax 1 step wax and dry almost every time out, full wax ~3 times per season.

[GMLIII]

For those using Hot Sauce, have you used another product like Babes and prefer the HS? We always bathed in Babes at the boat ramp, and with regular wipe downs the boat always looked and felt freshly polished. I like the idea of HS to help with the water spotting, but curious if its polish effect is on par with Babes.

The smell of Hot Sauce turns me on so it is my go to exterior wipedown cleaner

[SilentSeven]

+1 for a quick detailer product when you haulout like bturner says. Spray and wipe keeps you looking sharp when driving down the road. I bounce between Griots and Mequiars.

[srock]

No box for nothing. In fresh water hang it and go.