[Rhodes22-list] Best Stuff to clean your boat

[Bob Keller]

Just wanted to share something I tried last week.  I always used "mean green" to clean my R-22.  Not the stuff you smoke, but the stuff they sell at Dollar General.   Used to buy the concentrate and mix it with water in a tank sprayer and clean the boat with it.  It used to be fine until I moved to the S. Georgia coast and when I left the boat in or out of the water for a couple of weeks it would be covered with dirt and mildew.  The mean green only worked if I scrubbed it with an abrasive sponge.  Used to kick my ass between having to scrub and fight off the sand gnats.  It was a losing battle and the boat was really getting worse and worse and scrubbing it was getting old.  

 

My daughter's boyfriend (future son-in-law?) told me to try Jomax which he used to clean the fancy houses at the Ford Plantation in Richmond Hill.  I bought a small container of the concentrate, mixed it with bleach as per the instructions and used the same tank sprayer to apply it to the sailboat.  The boat was a huge mess since it sat in the boat yard uncovered from May until September.  

 

I sprayed the stuff on the dry surface of the boat and let it sit for a while and had the sponge and bucket ready.  It was amazing - all the dirt and mildew came off on its own - all I had to do was rinse.  Did not have to pick up a sponge and I called Sheila to show her how clean the boat looked.  She was amazed.  I am really glad to have found this because when I keep the boat in the water at the Shrimp Docks it gets filthy and I have had no easy way to clean it.  This Jomax cleaned spots where I had not been able to reach before and it sparkled.  

 

No, I am not trying to sell Jomax - this is not an infomercial.  I am just sharing what I consider an amazing new finding in how to clean your boat without much effort. 

 

After the Jomax treatment, I gave it a quick Woody Wax treatment and I am ready for the next trip next week:  will it be Punta Gorda, Gulfport, Hartwell or Hilton Head?  Not sure yet - it is weather dependent, but will let you know.

Bob K

Yankee Clipper


 
 		 	   		  
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