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    Bringing a 2001 VIP back to life

    Re: Bringing a 2001 VIP back to life forgot to add this one to the before......it shows how bad the oxidation/fading was
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    Bringing a 2001 VIP back to life

    Re: Bringing a 2001 VIP back to life couple more Plans for the next couple of weeks.... Finish cleaning inerior recover the rear sun pad/enginge cover clean the carpet Paint trailer wheels. install new engine
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    Bringing a 2001 VIP back to life

    Re: Bringing a 2001 VIP back to life and here is how she looks as of today. She is nice and shiney. She has a coat of Colinite 845 topped with a coat of Meguiars #26.
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    Bringing a 2001 VIP back to life

    Re: Bringing a 2001 VIP back to life its looking better:
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    Bringing a 2001 VIP back to life

    Re: Bringing a 2001 VIP back to life Then it was on to the interior. we started off with Starbrite Vinyl seat cleaner and it just did not do enough. We moved on to a bleach mixture. THat really helped and made a difference. We did a couple of other things to the interior and those pics...
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    Bringing a 2001 VIP back to life

    Re: Bringing a 2001 VIP back to life and a little more
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    Bringing a 2001 VIP back to life

    Re: Bringing a 2001 VIP back to life and buffed and polished some more
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    Bringing a 2001 VIP back to life

    Re: Bringing a 2001 VIP back to life After wet sanding we buffed the gel coat with 3m rubbing compund using a yellow foam pad and a DA polisher. after the compound we polished it with Optimum spray polish.
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    Bringing a 2001 VIP back to life

    Re: Bringing a 2001 VIP back to life and wet sanded:
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    Bringing a 2001 VIP back to life

    Re: Bringing a 2001 VIP back to life More before: Once we got it to its new home we started trying products and decided to wet sand it with 1500 grit.
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    Bringing a 2001 VIP back to life

    Re: Bringing a 2001 VIP back to life more before: First we wet sanded it: : More in next post
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    Bringing a 2001 VIP back to life

    My son, a good buddy, and I have both been wanting a boat for a while. One of our coworkers had this 19ft VIP Valiant for sale. It had been sitting outside under a deteroriating cover for about 2 years. It was dirty and oxidized! Upon further inspection we discovered the block (4.3)had...
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