I gave my buddy some Wet and Forget to experiment with, and had excellent 
results.

Just spray and forget.

 

Bill Coleman

 

From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Josh Muckley 
via CnC-List
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2020 12:46 PM
To: C&C List
Cc: Josh Muckley
Subject: Re: Stus-List Favorite deck cleaner/recipe?

 

I have been very successful with a scrub brush and garden hose nozzle.  We run 
public sailing charters so keeping the boat clean is a pretty high priority.  
Between the the birds and the pollen I'm down there everyday before the first 
customer arrives.  I pre-wet the deck all over and then circle back and spray 
clean.  That which needs a little more gets the brush.  I'm a mix of OEM 
gel-coat and kiwi grip.  If a detergent is absolutely necessary I tend towards 
simple green.  If stain fighting is a must I'll turn to straight but judicious 
bleach.  We had a customer spill red wine all over some control lines, 
gel-coat, and kiwi grip.  We rinsed it promptly but a very large purple stain 
persisted.  They were excruciatingly apologetic but I told them that the birds 
stain the boat all the time and that they shouldn't worry about it.  By the 
following weekend all traces of the stain had been bleached out by the sun with 
absolutely no additional effort or environmental impact on my part.  Yes 
various cleaners may get the deck an additional bit cleaner than water and 
scrubbing but in a matter of days the elements bring it right back to baseline.

 

I do suggest considering the use of wood's wax.  If nothing else it leaves a 
nice touch to the surfaces which then also seem to not chalk as much.  It is 
supposed to protect and make cleaning easier though I haven't had a side by 
side control boat for scientific evaluation.

 

Josh Muckley 

S/V Sea Hawk 

1989 C&C 37+

Solomons, MD 

 

On Fri, May 22, 2020, 11:43 David Risch via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> 
wrote:

That time of year in the NE...

Sent from my Android. Please forgive typos. Thank you. 

 

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