I used Dawn (green) this week simply because the stuff our club buys has run out (they buy a 45g drum for $800, it is enviro safe and *very* effective and concentrated, like one tsp in a bucket is plenty). The Dawn seemed to work fairly well, but definitely not as concentrated as the good stuff. The drum is gone, so I don't know what it's called. My deck and hull are painted, and I've found if I use anything stronger like Spray 9 or Simple Green, it will leave streaks on the red hull paint.
-- Shawn Wright shawngwri...@gmail.com S/V Callisto, 1974 C&C 35 https://www.facebook.com/SVCallisto On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 11:23 AM Bruce McKenzie via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Dawn dish detergent (blue), medium-bristle brush. Works great. > On 5/22/20 12:46 PM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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