[Rhodes22-list] Best Stuff to clean your boat

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Bob,

If it is Gulfport, let me know.

>>ron<<
S/V Serenity
Gulfport, FL

On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 11:48 PM, Bob Keller
<r22yankeeclipper at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> 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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Fair winds,

>>ron<<
S/V Serenity
Gulfport, FL