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Best boat cleaner?
Hey guys, I made a quick video showing a little comparison between the two best cleaners I’ve found. Are there any other good ones I’ve missed? |
$10 a GALLON. Get there just about 8am, you can probably find a day laborer who’ll do the work for $20 more. https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...b5a4524dc.jpeg |
Originally Posted by Speedracer29
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$10 a GALLON. Get there just about 8am, you can probably find a day laborer who’ll do the work for $20 more. https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...b5a4524dc.jpeg my my dad has always kept a small bottle of this stuff on his work bench, I had no idea you could buy that much at once! I’ll be heading to Home Depot later today |
Muratic Acid- found at HomeDepot / Lowe's for very ittle $$$ per gallon. Does same thing as the video shows.
BTW; If you need to use a brush, get one with a pole. further away from breathing any of that stuff the better, I also use a cheap $10 chemical sprayer to apply chem's to the boat bottom. |
Link to the MSDS.... If you find the sheets for the stuff in your video, it’ll probably be very similar. https://goofoffproducts.com/wp-conte...emoverMSDS.pdf |
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Slimy Grimy (Amazon, Wal*Mart) has been my go to.
Ring Go has been my number 2. https://www.imagesupplyinc.com/catal...wl-Cleaner-Qt/ |
Muratic acid @ $6 a gallon in a 1 gallon pump garden sprayer., Spray on rinse off VERY WELL and don't get it on bare aluminum
The Works or Sno Bowl toilet cleaner also work just as well using the same method and the fumes are much less. |
Originally Posted by SB
(Post 4642721)
Muratic Acid- found at HomeDepot / Lowe's for very ittle $$$ per gallon. Does same thing as the video shows.
BTW; If you need to use a brush, get one with a pole. further away from breathing any of that stuff the better, I also use a cheap $10 chemical sprayer to apply chem's to the boat bottom. I haven’t fact checked her yet but it sketched me out a bit. That chem sprayer is a great idea too, I’ll grab one today. |
Bleach and ammonia can wipe you out. Learned that at a restaurant when I was a kid. Thought I was being smart. LOL.
So can some brake cleans / brake cleans that haven't evaporated yet and you hit the same area with a welder. I know of two people it sent to the hospital. One didn't come back. :( |
Mary Kate on/off always works great for me, never had the need to search for a different product.
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Pedro and Julio work the best Followed by Slimey Grimey. |
To get the stains off this stuff is the best.Fountain of Youth Products, Power One. Spray it on with a garden sprayer and hose it off that is all you need to do!! The boat still feels like it has just been waxed after it is hosed off!!
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The “top secret” active ingredient in most of the name brand products listed is oxalic acid (excluding Ring Go , which is hydrochloric acid, and Mary Kate, which is Hydrochloric acid AND oxalic acid). So save your money and buy the gallon of Goof Off for $10. Meh, who am I kidding, you guys will just spend savings on lap dances anyway. Buy whatever you want! https://goofoffproducts.com/wp-conte...emoverMSDS.pdf ftp://69.2.51.153/pub/MSDS/2899056_O...CleanerSDS.pdf https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...38a8be137.jpeg https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...381dfbc1c.jpeg https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...8b9b271ce.jpeg https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...dd72ae356.jpeg |
Muriatic Acid. commonly used to clean concrete and swimming pools....about $5-7 per gallon at a pool supply store......will INSTANTLY remove rust stains from Gel Coat....you can even dilute it 50% with water.......spray or brush on......hose off. Mary Kate ON/OFF is good stuff...but about $50 per gallon!!!!! Don't get either on a GALVINIZED metal (Trailer)....eats the galvy right up!!!
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For hull staining we use slime n grime. Comes in powder form. Mix it in a small sprayer. Get several gallons worth out of a small $15 container. Additionally it oxalic acid which I’ve found not to destroy aluminum like muriatic does. |
Interesting. Gawd I hate working with that acid on my pool gunnite, I always manage to get a whiff
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Originally Posted by sleev-les
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https://www.amazon.com/Fountain-Yout.../dp/B0014DP5JI
This has always been my go to for a white hull |
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https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...11dff78c2.jpeg I had some rust on siding from a faucet that is fed directly from the well, this took years to build up. I did have to do some scrubbing with the Power 1, but it only took about 15-20 minutes, before and after pics. |
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