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Boat Cleaning
MW	#1  Posted on 08/08/08 - 8:17 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 1827 Comments: 10 Joined: 01/08/06	What does everyone use on their boat ? I use "Boat Zoap" (environmentally safe) or "Baking Soda" or just water and a brush, I'm docked next to the only tree on the property, a "Weeping Willow" (yea, I know), I need a good cleaner but, don't want to pollute the Bay. Thank's mw
John Fyke	#2  Posted on 08/08/08 - 9:32 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 1307 Comments: 0 Joined: 09/06/06	Move the boat or the tree. John Fyke Re-Fit or Reef It 1979 15' Sport with Super Sport conversion and 70hp mercury.
Binkie	#3  Posted on 08/08/08 - 10:55 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 2012 Comments: 0 Joined: 12/19/05	The bays on Long Island have been polluted for 50 years. Whats a little more soap. keep your boat clean anyway. rich
CES	#4  Posted on 08/08/08 - 11:43 AM
Member Personal Page Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 2681 Comments: 7 Joined: 04/27/07	I ise Dawn dish soap. I wash the boat in the driveway, don't keep it in the water. Cliff 1966 13' Sport with a 1993 40hp Yamaha 2 Smoker
MW	#5  Posted on 08/09/08 - 2:12 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 1827 Comments: 10 Joined: 01/08/06	Thank's for the "HELP" guy's, have a great summer ! mw
Grady95	#6  Posted on 08/09/08 - 5:23 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 198 Comments: 0 Joined: 11/03/07	You might consider using "Simple Green" cleaner. It is touted as environmentally friendly. I have used it on white boats before and found it to be a very good cleaner. You might have to wait until the end of the season to do the hull with muriatic acid, but for now, Simple Green and a scrub brush should freshen up your well enough. Good Luck, Grady
Jeff	#7  Posted on 08/09/08 - 8:29 AM
Member Posts: 1987 Comments: 34 Joined: 04/02/05	[ur=lhttp://environment.about.com/od/greenlivingdesign/a/car_wash.htm]Here[/url] is an article on green car washing. Be sure and use a wash mean for boats or cars as Dish and house hold soaps strip any wax you have on the hull off. Personally I use Merguires gold class on the outside of the hull and starbrite's non skid cleaner with teflon on the inside. Edited by Jeff on 08/09/08 - 8:29 AM 1993 23' Walkaround Whaler Drive
Derwd24	#8  Posted on 08/09/08 - 8:32 PM
Member Posts: 1607 Comments: 9 Joined: 05/09/07	Have you tried Bon Ami? http://www.bonami.com/enviroment/nviroment/ Edited by Derwd24 on 08/09/08 - 8:33 PM Dave - 1983 Outrage 22
kamie	#9  Posted on 08/10/08 - 5:04 AM
Member Personal Page Project Albums Posts: 2975 Comments: 3 Joined: 11/04/05	MW, your best hope is to get a mooring cover, assuming that neither moving the boat or removing the tree is an option. I second the starbrite non-skid cleaner.
MW	#10  Posted on 08/10/08 - 8:33 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 1827 Comments: 10 Joined: 01/08/06	Thank's "Jeff", I'll try the "Starbrite". "Dave", I'm a big Bon Ami Fan, I had no Idea it was "eco-safe", "Kam", Ya right, a cover would be best, I just hate all those snap's, it's mostly "Dust" pounded into the fiber glass after it rain's. I found that "Zymol" car wash is "eco-safe". Perhap's the water's around Long Island are not as clean as they once were, 20 years ago our shellfish production output was second only to "Chesepeake Bay", 26 bushel's of product a day was the "Norm", here, now you can spend all day getting just a 1/2 "bushel", I see no reason to add to the problem. "Responsible" boater's DON'T Pollute ! Thank's for the help, maybe we can turn the mess around for our kid's, that the last generation left us. mw
egerrity	#11  Posted on 08/10/08 - 9:08 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 439 Comments: 2 Joined: 07/11/07	I have had alot of luck with simple green as well. You can buy the gallon of concentrate at HD. I dilute with water for general use and use it full power for the tough stains and any greese in the splash well. I dont use dawn as a soap to wash with cause it will strip the wax right off. Ed 1991 Montauk 17 - 2012 ETEC 90HP
Operaman	#12  Posted on 08/12/08 - 12:57 PM
Member Posts: 13 Comments: 0 Joined: 10/23/07	I just picked up this synthetic Boat Soap. Green and white bottle. Super Suds I also use the Simple Green. I have used Soft Scrub but was told it can chalk the gel coat, so I have stopped. Edited by Operaman on 08/13/08 - 7:39 AM