Polishing Hull of Proangler

My PA is pretty scratched up from the previous owner. I was wondering if there was a good way to polish it up and make it look better. I was thinking of either using a rubbing compound/polishing compound combo or lightly lightly lightly wetsanding it with really fine sand paper. If it gets a matte look to it that way I'm totally ok with that.
I just don't want to thin the hull anymore than I have to. Thanks

[MrM]

Interesting post... I would love to hear if anyone has info on this. I've got a scratch or two from beach landings I'd like to fill in and smooth out.

[mrJB]

Polyethylene will buff and/or sand out to a certain extent, just a lot of work and will never get a supershine. It will only get the very lightest scratches. You can get somewhat deeper scratches by scraping, either with a cabinet scraper or razor blade, but then you are taking off some material.

I've done it - scraped, wet sanded, buffed with a buffer, on and on. Just depends on how much work you want to put into it. A heat gun will put some shine back into it but there are potential risks...

My $.02, clean it up, put some sacrificial tape strips on the wear area, and use some plastic protectant on it Try to keep it nice from this point on and wash it down after every outing...

[mtnbykr2]

"battle scars"

The only reason I want to clean it up is to sell it. I don't want to sell it looking like it fell off my truck

[jorluivil]

Originally Posted by Drake

The only reason I want to clean it up is to sell it. I don't want to sell it looking like it fell off my truck

Its not a woman you're selling. Gys will really not care about the 'wear n tear' but they will enjoy the stories that are behind them

[cabojohn]

Originally Posted by Drake

The only reason I want to clean it up is to sell it. I don't want to sell it looking like it fell off my truck

Wash the kayak good and then use Armor All top and bottom. Wipe it down good.