I am with Josh on this one. I find that the sun does a great job of keeping my decks white. I keep some Scrubbing Bubbles on board, bur rarely use it. Given time, the sun will bleach most stains, shoe marks, etc. I use the cleaner for stuff that accumulates in the spring from trees and in the cockpit drains and places the sun tends not to get to. During the summer at the mooring, I rarely need it. Dave
S/V Aries 1990 C&C 34+ New London, CT > On May 22, 2020, at 12:46 PM, 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 > <mailto: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 > <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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