Re: Stus-List Favorite deck cleaner/recipe?

[David Knecht via CnC-List]

I am with Josh on this one.  I find that the sun does a great job of keeping my 
decks white.  I keep some Scrubbing Bubbles on board, bur rarely use it.  Given 
time, the sun will bleach most stains, shoe marks, etc.  I use the cleaner for 
stuff that accumulates in the spring from trees and in the cockpit drains and 
places the sun tends not to get to.  During the summer at the mooring, I rarely 
need it.   Dave

S/V Aries
1990 C 34+
New London, CT



> On May 22, 2020, at 12:46 PM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List 
>  wrote:
> 
> 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 37+
> Solomons, MD 
> 
> On Fri, May 22, 2020, 11:43 David Risch via CnC-List  > wrote:
> That time of year in the NE...
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Re: Stus-List Favorite deck cleaner/recipe?

[Bill Coleman via CnC-List]

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 
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Sent: Friday, May 22, 2020 12:46 PM
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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 37+

Solomons, MD 

 

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That time of year in the NE...

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Re: Stus-List Favorite deck cleaner/recipe?

[Shawn Wright via CnC-List]

I used Dawn (green) this week simply because the stuff our club buys has
run out (they buy a 45g drum for $800, it is enviro safe and *very*
effective and concentrated, like one tsp in a bucket is plenty). The Dawn
seemed to work fairly well, but definitely not as concentrated as the good
stuff. The drum is gone, so I don't know what it's called. My deck and hull
are painted, and I've found if I use anything stronger like Spray 9 or
Simple Green, it will leave streaks on the red hull paint.


--
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shawngwri...@gmail.com
S/V Callisto, 1974 C 35
https://www.facebook.com/SVCallisto


On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 11:23 AM Bruce McKenzie via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:

> Dawn dish detergent (blue), medium-bristle brush.  Works great.
> On 5/22/20 12:46 PM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List wrote:
>
> 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 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...
>>
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Stus-List Favorite deck cleaner/recipe?

[Francois Rivard via CnC-List]

Hi David,

How about your boat's deck self-bleaching / cleaning every time it rains?

That's pretty much where mine is these days.  I give it a bleach / Woody's
wax in the spring and another one in the fall.  Beyond that I rinse  the
deck once a month or two and clean the black streaks every month or two,
they are very light and that takes about 20 minutes all together using Star
Bright Streak remover.  That's it.

How's that possible?

I've been doing a pretty heavy handed application of Comet / Bartender's
friend powdered bleach scrubbed in with coarse scrub brushes 2 or 3 times a
year since I got the boat 8 years ago.

 This was not done on purpose but the bleach seems to have worked it's way
into the somewhat porous original gelcoat substrate of the deck, and now
every time it rains, some bleach oozes back out and the combination with
southern sunshine bleaches the works for me :-)

I also do a finish clean / wax using Woody's Wax products twice a year
right after I'm done bleaching.  Not sure if it's the combination or the
bleach itself but it works.

This year we had a pretty heavy deposit of yellow pollen and it got stuck
under my steering assembly / on the cockpit sub-floor and the drainage
created a noticeable yellow streak on my stern.  I worked on the boat last
weekend and serviced the steering system /  cleaned everything in the area
but didn't have enough time to address the yellow streaks. Similarly, I had
enough time to quickly rinse off the deck / remove tree crud and pollen but
not enough to bleach it.

I was planning on bleaching this weekend but when I went to practice my
racing crew on Tuesday night I found the that the yellow streak was gone
and most of the deck is Lilly white pristine!  Best I can surmise the heavy
rains from Sunday / Monday night and bright sunshine during the day
bleached it from me. Go figure.  All it needs now is a few touches of
bleach + The regular Woody's wax and we're good to go 'till October :-)

https://www.westmarine.com/search?Ntt=Woody%27s+wax+cleaner

Good luck with the project!

Best Regards,

Francois Rivard
1990 34+ "Take Five"
Lake Lanier, GA
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Re: Stus-List Favorite deck cleaner/recipe?

[Bruce McKenzie via CnC-List]

Dawn dish detergent (blue), medium-bristle brush.  Works great.

On 5/22/20 12:46 PM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List wrote:
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 37+
Solomons, MD

On Fri, May 22, 2020, 11:43 David Risch via CnC-List 
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That time of year in the NE...

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Re: Stus-List Favorite deck cleaner/recipe?

[Larry via CnC-List]

Grease 
Elbow that is.  LOL 
I use a small electric, low pressure washer, set on med fan. 99% come up. A 
white cleaning pad and small scrub brush for stubborn areas. Very seldom do I 
use a cleaner. I do this 4 times a year. Brush and hose routinely. 
Cleaner wax twice a year on deck and hull.

Sent from my iPhone

> On May 22, 2020, at 9:47 AM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List 
>  wrote:
> 
> 
> 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 37+
> Solomons, MD 
> 
>> On Fri, May 22, 2020, 11:43 David Risch via CnC-List  
>> wrote:
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Re: Stus-List Favorite deck cleaner/recipe?

[Josh Muckley via CnC-List]

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 37+
Solomons, MD

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Re: Stus-List Favorite deck cleaner/recipe?

[Dennis C. via CnC-List]

For that black mold/midew, Scrubbing Bubbles Foaming Bleach (repeat:
Foaming Bleach.  Not bathroom or kitchen cleaner).  All else maybe Roll Off
cleaner.

 Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA

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Re: Stus-List Favorite deck cleaner/recipe?

[Bill Dakin via CnC-List]

Powdered laundry detergent. Easy to apply evenly so long as it is not too 
windy. Be careful, it makes the deck an ice rink. Great for Kiwigrip.

Bill Dakin

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That time of year in the NE...

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