+101 !! Exactly how I brought back the new look to mine also.A long time XB2002 owner taught me a nice cheap trick to keep the textured areas in front and on the port and starboard step areas in back looking great. Scrub brush with baking soda to remove the old wax that may be trapped. Buy a can of clear spray paint. Done. Clean and reapply with lacquer thinner as needed or just reapply the clear. It looks awesome with minimal work.
A long time XB2002 owner taught me a nice cheap trick to keep the textured areas in front and on the port and starboard step areas in back looking great. Scrub brush with baking soda to remove the old wax that may be trapped. Buy a can of clear spray paint. Done. Clean and reapply with lacquer thinner as needed or just reapply the clear. It looks awesome with minimal work.
unless your boat stays in the weather and the sun when it's not in use, I'd say you didn't do all that great of a job buffing it out. I buffed my drag boat when I got it 2years ago, and I haven't buffed it again since. It stays in a shop next to my xb03, and I have no problems with compounded area's fading. even my boats that stay under a boat shed don't fade after they've been buffed, and they're more exposed to the elements they my drag or my xb03.Loop, I'm pretty sure he was referring to the accent colored step areas on the bow and stern. No matter how many times I polished and waxed those areas on my boat in a week or two they would get dull and faded looking (especially the rear). So I taped around them for the overspray and applied a couple of coats of clear. Over a year later and they still shine like new.