When it comes to cleaning the hull, non-skid, and aluminium hard-top and seating components, what lessons have you learned down through the years of owning and maintaining your boats?
I used to use Bar Keeper's Friend almost exclusively until Kevin showed me some "Roll Off" at the Annapolis Rendezvous yesterday. I was at Tri-State today and picked some up, and for grins and giggles, picked up some FSR (Fiberglass Stain Remover). The Roll Off took the sticky bathtub ring off the hull faster than anything I've used so far. And the FSR took the reddish rust stain off the hull faster than the BKF I had used in the past. It must have a lot more oxacylic acid in it tan BKF.
Anyway, the lesson I've learned is to use FSR for the rust stain that accumulates due to iron in the water. I still had to use BKF on the non-skid for getting up the dried fish blood, food, and the black marks from shoes/boots.
As for waxing, I've learned no lessons other than it is a lot of work. I'm still switching wax products and haven't found one that has any endurance. Your lessons in this dept. would be appreciated.
For now, Tina's Diamond is in the driveway, clean as a whistle and ready for wax.
Dave
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I used to use Bar Keeper's Friend almost exclusively until Kevin showed me some "Roll Off" at the Annapolis Rendezvous yesterday. I was at Tri-State today and picked some up, and for grins and giggles, picked up some FSR (Fiberglass Stain Remover). The Roll Off took the sticky bathtub ring off the hull faster than anything I've used so far. And the FSR took the reddish rust stain off the hull faster than the BKF I had used in the past. It must have a lot more oxacylic acid in it tan BKF.
Anyway, the lesson I've learned is to use FSR for the rust stain that accumulates due to iron in the water. I still had to use BKF on the non-skid for getting up the dried fish blood, food, and the black marks from shoes/boots.
As for waxing, I've learned no lessons other than it is a lot of work. I'm still switching wax products and haven't found one that has any endurance. Your lessons in this dept. would be appreciated.
For now, Tina's Diamond is in the driveway, clean as a whistle and ready for wax.
Dave
aka