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Ill get some more compound and go at it again.
Exactly what you said is what I did. I applied compound, 2x2 area. applied with a soft terry cloth rag and buffed it off. with buffer. It just kept sucking it up. Turning the boat the color of compound. I got ascared and stopped. lol
Had to use a wet rag to get it sorta loose so I could get most of the color off.

but ill go at her again between re-wiring the boat. That's been a fun one too. but for a different forum on here

Thanks for the reply; Ill let ya know how it turns out. :)