MaxWax Marine is Starke Yacht Care–certified, delivering premium detailing services designed for owners who demand the highest level of finish and long-term protection. Our process goes far beyond basic waxing—combining advanced paint correction, swirl and oxidation removal, and professional-grade ceramic protection to restore depth, gloss, and clarity to your gelcoat.
Using Starke’s industry-leading compounds, polishes, and ceramic coatings, we correct surface defects, enhance color richness, and create a durable protective layer that resists UV damage, salt, and environmental wear. Every service is tailored to the vessel’s condition and usage, ensuring consistent results that last.
This is detailing for owners who care about presentation, resale value, and protecting their investment—performed with precision, experience, and certified expertise.
Our foundational boat detailing services covers a thorough wash, clay bar decontamination to remove embedded salt and industrial fallout.
Swirl marks, buffer trails, and random scratches scatter light and make even clean gelcoat look dull.
Heavy oxidation turns gelcoat chalky white and rough to the touch. If your boat looks more gray than its original color, oxidation is the culprit.
The longest-lasting protection available. Marine ceramic coatings bond chemically to gelcoat and painted surfaces, creating a hydrophobic, UV-resistant layer.
A clean hull means nothing if the cockpit, helm, and cabin look neglected. Our interior marine detailing covers vinyl upholstery cleaning and protection.
Waterline staining, hull scum, and antifouling residue are stubborn problems that require the right chemistry and technique.
From hairline stress cracks to osmotic blisters and impact damage, MaxWax Marine restores your hull to a factory-correct finish. Our certified technicians diagnose the full extent of the damage, repair it with industry-grade materials, and color-match the gelcoat so the repair is completely invisible.
Check our Gelcoat & Fiberglass Repair Services here.
Upgrade your cockpit, cabin, or swim platform with premium marine-grade flooring that looks sharp and holds up to saltwater, UV, and heavy foot traffic. We install EVA foam teak-look decking, synthetic teak, and SeaDek.
Check our Marine Flooring Services here.
Keep your cabin comfortable from Memorial Day to Labor Day and beyond. MaxWax Marine installs, repairs, and maintains marine air conditioning and heating systems for vessels of all sizes.
Check our Marine HVAC Services here.
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For most boat owners in Greater Boston, a full professional detail once or twice per season is the right cadence. We recommend a correction and protection detail at the start of the season to prep the hull, and a maintenance detail or wash and wax before winter storage. Boats kept in the water full-time benefit from more frequent attention due to constant salt and biological exposure.
Waxing adds a sacrificial protection layer on top of the existing surface; it fills minor imperfections temporarily but doesn't remove them. Paint correction physically removes a microscopic layer of gelcoat or clear coat to eliminate swirl marks, oxidation, and scratches. Correction first, protection second is always the right order. Waxing over an uncorrected surface just locks the defects in place.
A thorough wash, decontamination, and wax on a 25–35 foot boat typically takes a full day. Paint correction adds time depending on the severity of the defects: a heavily oxidized hull may need 1–2 additional days of correction work. Ceramic coating application requires the surface to be fully corrected first, then adds another day for application and cure time. We'll give you a timeline estimate when we assess your vessel.
For most boat owners who want to minimize maintenance and maximize long-term protection, yes. Marine ceramic coating bonds to the gelcoat at a chemical level, creating a surface that water sheets off, salt doesn't stick to, and UV can't degrade as quickly. The upfront cost is higher than wax, but the protection lasts 2–5 years versus 3–6 months for traditional wax; making it the better value for owners who keep their boat looking sharp.
We detail all fiberglass, gelcoat, and painted vessels from 20 to 100+ feet — including center consoles, express cruisers, sportfishers, sailing yachts, and large motoryachts. Brands we regularly work on include Azimut, Sea Ray, Boston Whaler, Viking, Hinckley, Grady-White, Pursuit, Cabo, and Regulator, among many others.