Spent a couple hours polishing the stainless and chrome pieces on Touche'. Just some observations.
The added on pedestal guard and stainless wheel had moderate stains. Mostly easily removed. The bimini bows had moderate stains. Fairly easily removed. Manufacturer of these parts is unknown. The stern pulpit (pushpit) and bow pulpit had virtually no stains. C&C used some really good quality stainless tubing! The bow chainplate - zero stains. Point is that some stainless and chrome parts showed stains while others did not. Not surprising, I've seen it before. Been around boats a long time. Just makes me appreciate a builder or parts supplier that uses good quality materials rather than schlock, garbage, crap. Looking at many of the other pieces on the boat by good suppliers, Harken, Shaefer, Garhauer, Barient, etc. showed little to no stains or blemishes. Sometimes I just want to scream when I see or am asked about using cheap, inferior products on a boat. Glad C&C used quality materials. Buddy of mine is refurbing a Hans Christian. In spite of the Scandinavian sounding name, it's a Taiwanese made boat. The stainless is not the best. My buddy is meticulously replacing all the critical stainless parts. He's using Garhauer and a local guy to fab up replacement parts. Just my opinion, but consider about quality every time you think about putting a critical part on your boat. Cheap can sometimes be really expensive. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA
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