Cleaning Gelcoat
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Category: Repairs and Maintenance
Forum Name: Boat Maintenance
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Printed Date: July-07-2024 at 8:27pm
Topic: Cleaning Gelcoat
Posted By: IrishFooter
Subject: Cleaning Gelcoat
Date Posted: October-12-2004 at 2:00am
I have some muriatic acid and thought it may work to clean the scum off of my boat. Any thoughts are appreciated
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1979 Ski Nautique
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Posted By: jameski
Date Posted: October-12-2004 at 8:56am
I use a product called Star-Brite hull cleaner. I buy it at Wal Mart for about $7/quart. A quart will do my boat about 4 times. Just wipe it on, and the hull turns white - it's amazing. It has a smell like acid, but I don't know what kind of acid it is.
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current boat
http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1977 - 94 Sport Nautique
previous boat
http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=601 - 78 Martinique
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Posted By: reidp
Date Posted: October-12-2004 at 1:24pm
While I don't typically hype particular products, the stuff Jameski mentioned works better than anyone else's product I've tried. I believe he's referring to the same squirt bottle I buy which I use every time I pull the boat out for that purpose. It's also one of the few I've found that easily removes the black smoot(sp) off the transom or sides from rich exhaust fumes.
If the scum is the product of months or years of sitting in the water or has turned to haze, I've found that many times no cleaner will take it off and that a cleaner-wax product and if not successfull there, then compounding may be necessary, and best applied with a heavy duty machine and not an orbital buffer. Case by case.
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ReidP
/diaries/details.asp?ID=231&yrstart=1971&yrend=1975 - 1973 Mustang
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