So, Miss Megan has been in the water a few days and I’ve discovered a few things I wasn’t expecting.
I knew she still needed some cleaning in the interior, the cockpit, and the decking. What I didn’t know is there these little tree buds were so F’ing nasty.
They’ve oozed some resin like liquid that has glued them to wherever they landed. Now, I can scrape them off which does leave a bit of it behind. This bit and the resin are difficult to remove. The only thing that has worked so far is scrubbing with a Javex brand scrubbing pad on a handle. I’ve nearly worn through a scrubbing pad, and I haven’t even gotten the bit of the bench behind the port locker top clean yet. When I’ve managed to get the bud bits and resin scrubbed off there is a greenish stain left.
I’ve been told that Comet scrubber will remove this stuff, but I can’t use it. Even if Miss Megan wasn’t in the water Comet isn’t anywhere near being even in the neighbourhood of being environmentally friendly. I’m hoping Marine Spray Nine which is environmentally friendly will work. I will be picking some up to give it a try.
Aug 6th Update:
In doing some reading I found a “good” alternative to Comet was a mixture of salt and baking soda in equal parts with just enough water to make a paste. I tested this out last night and I can report that this solution did not work.
I picked up some Marine Spray Nine yesterday evening, popped by the boat on my way home and did a quick test.
This product was recommended by a few people for a couple of reasons, they claimed it worked well and that it was environmentally friendly. I did some reading and found that Marine Spray Nine is indeed environmentally friendly, it’s Biodegradable certified by a OECD 301-C Modified MITI Test. In case you are wondering like I was, OECD stands for The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Aug 7th Update:
I picked up some Marine Spray Nine yesterday evening, popped by the boat on my way home and did a quick test.
This product was recommended by a few people for a couple of reasons, they claimed it worked well and that it was environmentally friendly. I did some reading and found that Marine Spray Nine is indeed environmentally friendly, it’s Biodegradable certified by a OECD 301-C Modified MITI Test. In case you are wondering like I was, OECD stands for The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
So, armed with a reportedly effective cleaner that is safe to use I pulled the trigger and sprayed the rear portion of the port side cockpit bench.
This cleaner performed better than I expected. As soon as the cleaner hit the ‘resin’ spots it started to dissolve the spots. It took a lot of scrubbing and a few applications to get it clean. I’m hoping that the new scrubbers I picked up today are more effective that the bristle brush I used for this test.
