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Vermonster
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Mine's pretty grimey too, I use a hard brush (not wire or metal) to scrub it off. The car wash brush and sprayer won't touch it.
TheMaestro
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I dunno if you have this product in the states, but Spray9 i bet would do it and no harm to paint...
I have stains that I remove with a product called Iron Out from Menards.I mix it with a little Simple Green, spray it on, brush, hose off. :lol:
lovedr79
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I use simple green. Work great
lovedr79
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I use simple green. Work great
nimmor
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A 3m pad and some bar keepers friend works good on the tough stuff, but my boats not painted just bare aluminium. You have to some scrubbing but it will take off some grimey stuff. I get the pad wet and kind of create a paste with the cleaner scrubbing it in. Then just hose it off.
JMichael
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Is this the sort of stain you're talking about?
It took me less than 10 minutes to go from that to this.
And that "less than 10" includes both sides and the transom. It was just a test on my part so I only rubbed it on the area of the brownish stain, and I was in shock at how well it worked (my first time trying this). Needless to say I'll be using it from now on, or until I find an easier method. What I used was a 1 part water, 1 part Alumabrite, goggles, a good rubber glove (you don't want Alumabrite on your skin). I worked in small sections 3-4' at a time. A couple of quick rubs with the rag, rinse, and move to the next area. I'm not sure how well a more diluted mixture will work, but I plan to find out later this year.
It took me less than 10 minutes to go from that to this.
And that "less than 10" includes both sides and the transom. It was just a test on my part so I only rubbed it on the area of the brownish stain, and I was in shock at how well it worked (my first time trying this). Needless to say I'll be using it from now on, or until I find an easier method. What I used was a 1 part water, 1 part Alumabrite, goggles, a good rubber glove (you don't want Alumabrite on your skin). I worked in small sections 3-4' at a time. A couple of quick rubs with the rag, rinse, and move to the next area. I'm not sure how well a more diluted mixture will work, but I plan to find out later this year.
JMichael said:Is this the sort of stain you're talking about?
It took me less than 10 minutes to go from that to this.
And that "less than 10" includes both sides and the transom. It was just a test on my part so I only rubbed it on the area of the brownish stain, and I was in shock at how well it worked (my first time trying this). Needless to say I'll be using it from now on, or until I find an easier method. What I used was a 1 part water, 1 part Alumabrite, goggles, a good rubber glove (you don't want Alumabrite on your skin). I worked in small sections 3-4' at a time. A couple of quick rubs with the rag, rinse, and move to the next area. I'm not sure how well a more diluted mixture will work, but I plan to find out later this year.
Yea thats the stain lol.. will it work with a painted boat as well?
JMichael
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T-MAN said:
I couldn't say one way or the other about use on painted boats because mine are all bare aluminum. I have seen my buddy put pure 100% Alumabrite on his fully enclosed (aluminum) trailer that is mostly painted surfaces and it worked fine on that without any ill effects to his paint.
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If you still have the factory paint like I do on my 1542 I would be very very careful. My paint flakes off just looking at it. A big screw up however could give you an excuse to paint it correctly. Simple green is gentle and does great on most surfaces with minimal scrubbing.
