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  • needwake
    • Mar 2005
    • 46

    • Nashville , TN

    #1

    Dirty Boat

    I have had to do the unthinkable! I have had to leave my boat in sitting in the water for the last few weeks. I bought an old lift for my dock and had to use my boat trailer to pick it up. The lift installer told me that he would be able to install it quickly and that has not happened. So now I have the boat sitting in the water and the lift sitting on my trailer. My boat bottom is brown and dirty! The lake is fresh water. I have a few questions

    1. How do I clean it? Chemical?

    2. Will this stain the bottom of the boat?

    3. Is this killing the gel coat?

    Please help, Dave
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  • MARK-S
    Senior Member of PLANETNAUTIQUE
    • Jul 2003
    • 764

    • SE MINN

    • 1978 Ski Tique 1996 196 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,2005,2006,2007,2008 196s Best boats made
    #2
    RE: Dirty Boat

    Lysol TB cleaner and Peroxcide will make your hull white again. 3/4 Lysol to 1/4 peroxcide.
    make sure to wax it up good when done. It worked great on a 2003 RLXI that had a stained hull.
    Life long Nautique guy
    Will ski anytime.
    \"SON WATERSPORTS ROCKS\"

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    • DanielC
      1,000 Post Club Member
      • Nov 2005
      • 2669

      • West Linn OR

      • 1997 Ski Nautique
      #3
      RE: Dirty Boat

      I use a mixture of Lysol toilet bowl cleaner, and hydrogen peroxide solution, about 50/50. There are different types of toilet bowl cleaner, get the one that has hydrocloric acid as the active ingrediant.
      Wear rubber gloves, and eye protection. The Lysol has a pretty smell, to appeal to the gender that generally is cleaning the bathroom, but it is hydrochloric acid.

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      • MARK-S
        Senior Member of PLANETNAUTIQUE
        • Jul 2003
        • 764

        • SE MINN

        • 1978 Ski Tique 1996 196 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,2005,2006,2007,2008 196s Best boats made
        #4
        RE: Dirty Boat

        Sorry Daniel, your correct, it is 50/50. It works great thats all I know.
        Life long Nautique guy
        Will ski anytime.
        \"SON WATERSPORTS ROCKS\"

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        • skisix@38
          • Nov 2005
          • 54

          • Keller, TX

          #5
          Re: RE: Dirty Boat

          Originally posted by MARK-S
          Lysol TB cleaner and Peroxcide will make your hull white again. 3/4 Lysol to 1/4 peroxcide.
          make sure to wax it up good when done. It worked great on a 2003 RLXI that had a stained hull.
          What did it do to the stickers and rub rail? what kind of stains?

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          • NigelC
            • Jul 2003
            • 161

            • UK

            • 2010 Ski Nautique 200 Open Bow Team Edition
            #6
            RE: Re: RE: Dirty Boat

            I have used Starbrite Hull Cleaner for several years. Works great and requires no mixing although I do dilute it down with fresh water.
            2010 Ski Nautique 200 Team Edition Open Bow, Radar Strada
            Dealer: http://www.midlandsnautique.co.uk

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            • MARK-S
              Senior Member of PLANETNAUTIQUE
              • Jul 2003
              • 764

              • SE MINN

              • 1978 Ski Tique 1996 196 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,2005,2006,2007,2008 196s Best boats made
              #7
              RE: Re: RE: Dirty Boat

              ski6,
              I only used it on the hull and it was on a Malibu that has no stickers. I did not get near the rail, but I dont think it would hurt the rubber.
              our stain was one big brown tint on the bottom of the boat from sitting on a lift for 3 years without being wiped off.
              As for my boat, you will never see a stain on it, so there will be no need for that stuff. I get mad when I have water drops on my deck.
              Hows your skiing going?
              Life long Nautique guy
              Will ski anytime.
              \"SON WATERSPORTS ROCKS\"

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              • DanielC
                1,000 Post Club Member
                • Nov 2005
                • 2669

                • West Linn OR

                • 1997 Ski Nautique
                #8
                RE: Re: RE: Dirty Boat

                I do not think the ratio has to be precise. I do try to keep the mixture off of any decals. It will also discolor metal.

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