| Title: | SAILING |
| Notice: | Please read Note 2.* before participating in this conference |
| Moderator: | UNIFIX::BERENS |
| Created: | Wed Jul 01 1992 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2299 |
| Total number of notes: | 20724 |
Does anyone have a good solution to cleaning molded anti-skid? My boat
is an O'Day 40, with little pyramid shaped anti-skid (about 1/8" in
size) gelcoat. I can get the topsides clean with softscrub, but so far
I am using softscrub and a moderately stiff brush to clean the
"in-betweens" of the anti-skid.
Are there any create/innovative/easier solutions out there?
Rick
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 833.1 | Try hot water ? | CHEFS::GOUGHP | Pete Gough @REO (7)-830-6603 | Wed May 11 1988 09:01 | 9 |
Rick,
In 831.2 sub brush for cloth for smooth or brush for the non
slip. Washing up liquid also works for a milder detegent.
Hope this helps or do we have a language problem from either 831
or here ......... (Two nations divided by one language...)
Pete
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| 833.2 | Beware of abrasives | TALLIS::RICKARD | Thu May 12 1988 09:26 | 15 | |
I had a professional cleaner tell me that Soft Scrub was too abrasive
for fiberglass and she recommended Bon Ami which I have used ever
since very effectively. On the non-skid I use a stiff brush to get
into all the little crevices. This year I've started using Simple
Green and am finding it quite wonderful. I spread it on and let
it sit and all the black greasy streaks that form on the hull just
melt away. I try to avoid using any abrasive cleaners on the smooth
gelcoat, including the paste type rubbing compounds. A very fine
liquid rubbing compounds like Starbrite makes works well for any
ground in crud without taking off too much gelcoat. Go easy on
the gelcoat, it is not as thick as you may think and looks horrible
when the fiberglass begins to show through.
Pam
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