Lake Scum Removal Product
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Printed Date: June-05-2024 at 10:50pm
Topic: Lake Scum Removal Product
Posted By: Gonne929
Subject: Lake Scum Removal Product
Date Posted: July-13-2006 at 12:07pm
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This should be a fairly easy question. I polish and wax my boat every season. I have used several products including, 3M Marine Cleaner wax, Mequires "Cleaner Wax", straight polishing compound (where necessary), and Mothers Carnuba wax. It seems that no matter what I use after leaving my boat in the water for a couple of days I get the brown lake skum line that runs right along the water line. The only way to get it out is to use a cleaner wax and buff (by hand) it out. Has anyone had any particular sucess with any product that will ease the removal of the lake scum?
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Posted By: Mark Mel
Date Posted: July-13-2006 at 12:14pm
50/50 mix of hydrogen peroxide and sno-bowl or lysol toilet bowl cleaner, or muriatic acid. Rinse thoroughly after either and you will have to wax again but much less scrubbing.
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Posted By: GottaSki
Date Posted: July-13-2006 at 12:21pm
Thats why I own a brown boat.
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Posted By: tommer12
Date Posted: July-13-2006 at 5:33pm
There is a product called "Zing" it's basically hyrdochloric acid.. You dilute with water in a bucket and use a broom handle with a scruber on the end of it.
It will take anything off.. including skin! but works great on the scum!
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Posted By: MaddMarxx
Date Posted: July-14-2006 at 10:56am
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I use(STARBRITE)hull cleaner.Best stuff ever!wipe on wipe off grasshopper.
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Posted By: Nautique2001
Date Posted: July-14-2006 at 11:02am
Starbrite hull cleaner is great. Buy some rubber gloves!!!
Ken
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Posted By: Gonne929
Date Posted: July-14-2006 at 3:26pm
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I have heard of Starbrite. I will give that a try.
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Posted By: Jim_In_Houston
Date Posted: July-14-2006 at 5:13pm
I have used Starbrite and The Works toilet bowl cleaner and The Works works much better with a lot less scrubbing.
It has twice the acid concentration of other toilet bowl cleaners (per ingredients on the bottle) and is cheaper than the others.
It is an acid however and is dangerous.
Wet your scum first but use no soap!!!! Soap will neutralize the acid and stop it from working.
With water applied spray on The Works right out of the bottle. It takes 1 full bottle per boat to coat the hull all the way around. The Works foams on contact with the scum and gives off smoke!!! Do not breath the smoke!!!
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Posted By: Tim D
Date Posted: July-14-2006 at 5:19pm
I'm glad I don't ski in scum.
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Tim D
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Posted By: The Dude
Date Posted: July-14-2006 at 11:39pm
LOL Tim!
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Posted By: mgswed
Date Posted: July-17-2006 at 9:53am
50/50 hydrogen peroxide/lysol toilet bowl cleaner (the blue stuff not the one with the srubbing bubbles in it). Works great with no effort at all. Just rinse thoroughly when done. -MG
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