Quote Originally Posted by chadjitsu1 View Post
Explain the scratches and color combo. If you have a black boat and your seeing white at the bottom of the scratch that means you have gone all the way through the color gel coat and into the next layer, there is no getting that out. If the scratch is just a dull mark on the gel coat best advice is to go with a heavy rubbing compound then work it out from there. If that doesn't do it then go with 1500 wet sand and work out from there. Just be careful not to go too deep.

I think gel coat is harder than paint but you should be able to get them out, just be careful with the machine. If you see white scratches on a black boat your already through the gel coat and there is nothing you can do.
No combo just all black hull.

I do have some deep scratches as well that I can see the white so I know I won't be able todo much to those with compound, but the ones I wanted to work on are only visible close up and on an angle. I think they were caused by dirt on the hull still when it was getting cleaned. Will give 1500 grit a try. Any word on the meguiars? Maybe it isn't tough enough for what I want to do. Any other suggestions on compounds?