:o I actually called G Loomis/Shimano and the girl on the other end took a few minutes (she was laughing so hard it took her a bit to gain her composure) to explain that although the quality is still amazing, they do not float.  Then she asked me to hold and called over some engineers and put me on speaker phone and continued to make fun of me for the remainder of the call.

And to answer your question, you are correct.  I don't polish my rod very often anymore. :o