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Boat Forum / Cruising / June 2006cleaning fenders
try acetone: takes off top layer of *everything* > try acetone: takes off top layer of *everything* Took the old vinyls off easy enough. But 18 years of UV on gell coat erosion left a noticeably raised replica of the masked off areas! >But 18 years of UV on gell coat erosion left a noticeably raised >replica of the masked off areas! I know what you mean. Anyone looking closely at my boat's stern can read the previous home port easily. >>But 18 years of UV on gell coat erosion left a noticeably raised >>replica of the masked off areas! > > I know what you mean. Anyone looking closely at my boat's stern can read the > previous home port easily. 400/600 wet on a board? All I had on hand was some lightly used 1500.. It made a difference. But only in a small spot :) >> I know what you mean. Anyone looking closely at my boat's stern can read the >> previous home port easily. > >400/600 wet on a board? Not worth the effort. The color is uniform, so someone looking for the old home port really does have to look at the raised area as a raised area. And the former home port is no deep dark secret. I just came in from trying to clean 7 that had badly mildewed (being in storage for 10 years) -- Clorox worked best. I also tried Ajax, whitewall tire cleaner, and oxy clean. I wiped them all down with Clorox first, then tried the other things. I'd say Clorox got me 90% as far as I got -- none of the others did much more. There are still stains and black marks on them, but not as noticeable. >>>I know what you mean. Anyone looking closely at my boat's stern can read the >>>previous home port easily. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > home port really does have to look at the raised area as a raised area. And > the former home port is no deep dark secret. I bought two Taylor heavy duty fenders off of eBay and used "De-Solv-it" (WalMart) and a stainless steel pot scrubber. www.orange.sol.com It is When applied to a dry surface and let sit for 5 or 10 minutes, then re-misted if drying, followed with a scrubbing and rinsing. If a second or third round is needed wipe or let dry before more De-Solv-it. After they were clean I gave them two coats of paste wax. Last summer we rebuilt the Perkins. While the engine space was opened I think we used (10) 12oz. bottles of De-Solv-it to cut 30 years of black grime. We used it as a first round of cleaning on the block and oil pan as well. De-Solv-it leaves a slightly oily surface if only dry wiped. So in the engine space we did a fresh water rinse with dry terry wiping before applying the undercoating and topcoats. Our interior is oiled teak which was covered with built up layers of grime. A plastic bristle brush worked inline with the grain cleaned it up real nice. Wiped off with terry cloth and then waxed. I think the De-Solv-it is about $3 per 12 oz spray bottle in the household cleaner's section. Doug Correction: www.orange-sol.com > I bought two Taylor heavy duty fenders off of eBay and used "De-Solv-it" > (WalMart) and a stainless steel pot scrubber. > > www.orange.sol.com |
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