A shine is a shine be it a 5 cent or 10 cent job.

How it gets there is up to you - unless you got a good friend or payin' somebody!

As a general rule gelcoat is best for boats.

Mike Shappell
www.themanshed.com
TMS-20 Builder
G-Cat 5.7 - Current Boat
NACRA 5.2 - early 70's