242x Painted Tower

[AndyWaWa]

Hi all,
I wanted to share something that I found useful regarding the painted tower -- I have a 2020 242x, and towards the middle of its first season, I was noticing the tower was looking a little chalky and not nearly as richly colored as when new. I wasn't sure is this was due to getting it detailed and wax residue left in the texture (powdercoat?), or if it was due to being used in salt-water, or something else.

All of my normal go-to's like hot sauce, boat juice, woody wax, dawn, etc made it look good while wet, but as soon as it dried, it went back to having a whitish haze.

So, the good news is I stumbled on something that seems to hold up (at least for a week or two at a clip): tire shine. My thinking was I needed something petroleum based that didn't dry quickly. Tire shine was my first shot, was planning on also trying WD-40, but the tire shine worked well enough to call it done.

Curious if anyone else has a similar issue and how they approached it -- if nothing better, maybe this can help you out....or if I am maybe ruining it without knowing?

Cheers,
Andy

 

[Neutron]

I use mothers gold cleaner wax on my white powdercoated tower and it seems to get the chalky out and make it shine again. First application wasnt enough, i did it a week later with a second waxing and it looks like new