Grease Elbow that is. LOL I use a small electric, low pressure washer, set on med fan. 99% come up. A white cleaning pad and small scrub brush for stubborn areas. Very seldom do I use a cleaner. I do this 4 times a year. Brush and hose routinely. Cleaner wax twice a year on deck and hull.
Sent from my iPhone > On May 22, 2020, at 9:47 AM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > I have been very successful with a scrub brush and garden hose nozzle. We > run public sailing charters so keeping the boat clean is a pretty high > priority. Between the the birds and the pollen I'm down there everyday > before the first customer arrives. I pre-wet the deck all over and then > circle back and spray clean. That which needs a little more gets the brush. > I'm a mix of OEM gel-coat and kiwi grip. If a detergent is absolutely > necessary I tend towards simple green. If stain fighting is a must I'll turn > to straight but judicious bleach. We had a customer spill red wine all over > some control lines, gel-coat, and kiwi grip. We rinsed it promptly but a > very large purple stain persisted. They were excruciatingly apologetic but I > told them that the birds stain the boat all the time and that they shouldn't > worry about it. By the following weekend all traces of the stain had been > bleached out by the sun with absolutely no additional effort or environmental > impact on my part. Yes various cleaners may get the deck an additional bit > cleaner than water and scrubbing but in a matter of days the elements bring > it right back to baseline. > > I do suggest considering the use of wood's wax. If nothing else it leaves a > nice touch to the surfaces which then also seem to not chalk as much. It is > supposed to protect and make cleaning easier though I haven't had a side by > side control boat for scientific evaluation. > > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > 1989 C&C 37+ > Solomons, MD > >> On Fri, May 22, 2020, 11:43 David Risch via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >> wrote: >> That time of year in the NE... >> >> Sent from my Android. Please forgive typos. Thank you. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and >> every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use >> PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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