Am doing nice things to Aquarian's Naish 11'4 with the wooden deck. A couple of minor dings fixed and repainted (Sonic in Stanley Road are amazingly talented and quite cheap for minor dings if you not in a rush)
Any ideas for polishing a naish and trying to restore the original gloss ??? DJ ?????

I'm thinking that some kind of clear gloss from a spray can might work and finish it off with some polish and elbow grease..

okay....was wondering if some "cut and polish" item from the car industry would be a good first step
Board surface is pretty good.....would prefer to be using elbow grease solutions

Cut and polish will work ..but not by hand ...car buffer ..Maguires ..swirl remover could be worth a try or a light cut .and polish .
if you don't have a car buffer ...super cheap auto 20-30 $

My local car paint shop sells a clear gloss 2 pack, in a spray can.

Not sure how a 2 pack paint works out of a spray can (as far as being 2 pack paint and staying usable in the can for quite a long time), but it does work very well as a glossy hard finish.

The person at the shop said its specially formulated. It cost me $25 for a spay can of it. On the label it just says "2K Clear Gloss"

Anyway, I used it last week to spray over some silver paint I applied to the nose of my sailboard (to fix a repair) and its good stuff, dries very hard and very very glossy without having to buff it up.

Aaron

Just use some glossy automotive varnish in spray, or touchup pens... no sweat, done in 10 minutes!

okay....but am always hearing house painters say 80 % surface preparation time and 20 % actual painting time

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GizzieNZ said..
okay....but am always hearing house painters say 80 % surface preparation time and 20 % actual painting time

Thats right too, if the repair has already been painted but looks flat you can try blending it into the area with some automotive cutting compound and then some polish. If you want to get a little more serious try a little wet sanding with 2000grit, it doesn't do much but will quickly show if your going to be able to restore the gloss without removing much paint. If it looks like its going to come up shiny drop back to 1500grit or even 1200 and work your way over the area using a circular sanding action with a high density foam pad and then go back to 2000grit, I finish off with a 4000pad. After that a good automotive polish with UV protection should give you the mirror finish you are looking for.

I wouldn't use a mechanical sander on a small area, one slip and you have a much bigger problem to fix.

I good clear coat may be your solution but your still going to have to blend the edges, no panel edges (like a car) on a surfboard so not as easy as a car but doable for sure.

Pictures would be nice

Kind of semi-related to this topic, but not 100%....

I'm on a 2015 Naish Mana in the GS construction, which comes with the matt finish rather than the gloss of the GT (working on memory there, forgive me if I'm wrong). I'm assuming that the matt finish is one of the ways (other than construction etc.) that Naish kept the cost a bit lower on the GS (I assume the gloss on the GT needs a bit more work in the factory).

I really do like the gloss look, and wondering if A) anyone has done it to a GS, and B) would a gentle sand-back and cut & polish with a UV-stabilised polish and a buffing pad on a drill give the board additional protection, or would it be likely to 'craze' & crack after a lot of exposure to sun, sand and saltwater?