I remember reading somewhere of some home made solutions for cleaning boat hulls.Muratic acid diluted with water and some others.Will be pulling boat out in a week or two after sitting in the Mississippi all summer and have a power washer(cold water only) but will need something to help take the crud off.Any good ideas on what will cut it?Oh and how to make it up would be grear also.Thanks.
Boat cleaning ideas question
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why play with diluting Muriatic? I dump a gal in a pump up garden sprayer on a day with some good wind to get the fumes moving.walk around spraying the whole thing when I get back to where I started I fire up the pressure washer and wash it off then go back and acid the missed spots.
been doing it that way for 20yrs now.
if you want to really work at it and spend the whole day dinking around U can use the WORKS toilet bowl cleaner it will work but a lot more work toilet bowl cleaner is muriatic acid toned down for home use
been doing it that way for 20yrs now.
if you want to really work at it and spend the whole day dinking around U can use the WORKS toilet bowl cleaner it will work but a lot more work toilet bowl cleaner is muriatic acid toned down for home use
Muriatic acid & pressure washing is best bet to cut thru the crud. Muriatic acid attacks anything organic so make sure you do boat clean up where you don't have grass or shrubs. Gravel driveway AOK for this but would not do it on sealed blacktop.Muriatic acid not expensive can by gallons at harware store.
I don't know about sealed but I do it on the street in fr of my home and only thing it dose is brighten the curb where I spill no issues with black top but a sealed driveway could be a issue.
we do like 4 boats on a sat or sun winterize/ wash/shrink wrap/works great to do 4 to 6 in a day Henry ford style .after all these yrs the war dept still stick her head out the door and starts in about not burning the the neighborhood down when she hears the shrink wrap torch fire up.
I don't want to start thinking about pulling boat yet I did not hardly use it this yr still have 1/4 tank of gas.I will use allot more come fall.Fall is my fave boating season no one out on the watter put on the canvas good to go
millertime
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Yes, unless you have a painted hull. If so check with the paint manufacture...
Yes Muriatic acid can clean fiberglass as well as pontoons no problems but probably would take anitfouling paint off or any other type of paint too. I would not use on paint as Muriatic acid is some smoken stuff on organic matter don't want to scare you because it is controlable but it is an acid! Try it in steps until your are comfortable.
millertime
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Also if you get scale or rust at the water line or on the outdrive you can you CLR. I would not recommend using Muriatic acid on any metal suface (IE: Pontoons) it will alter the surface of raw metals. If you have a good paint or clearcoat, check a small hidden area first. Buddy of mine did his poontoon and the toons etched and turned white. Took a ton of polish and elbow grease to fix.
I dont dilute the acid. as far as aluminum I use it on the pontoon at the cabin works great toons look new when done.
my main boat is fiberglass and has some stickers that get the acid on them with no issues but paint I can not say 1 way or the other never tried.I will ask a bud in the next day or so he has a few skiff crafts come through for winterize and storage
my main boat is fiberglass and has some stickers that get the acid on them with no issues but paint I can not say 1 way or the other never tried.I will ask a bud in the next day or so he has a few skiff crafts come through for winterize and storage
bearrassler
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I sell the Zing but I am a long ways away from you. Try almost any boat dealer in your area. It is great stuff.