brown stains help!!!

[Fireman431]

Re: brown stains help!!!

Not all toilet bowl cleaner is created equal... It has to have the ingredient "hydrogen chloride." It'll make her good as white.

Also look for 'sodium hypoclorite'/'sodium hypochloride'...it's bleach.

 

[Home Cookin']

Re: brown stains help!!!

but don't mix them!

 

[skargo]

Re: brown stains help!!!

Not all toilet bowl cleaner is created equal... It has to have the ingredient "hydrogen chloride." It'll make her good as white.

I know the active ingredient in Sno Bol brand is Hydrochloric acid, same stuff "On & Off" hull cleaner has in it.

 

[Bluepike]

Re: brown stains help!!!

I've used Lime away and CLR to clean mine. As with the others mentioned, got to rinse it off afterwards.

 

[reefrunner7]

Re: brown stains help!!!

thanks for all the info guys, never dreamed the river would make my boat so brown

 

[26aftcab454]

Re: brown stains help!!!

If your married ask your wife, maybe She has some ideas. LOL sorry couldn't resist lol, you know brown stains,,, get it....ha ha.

I only have dark colored underwear. hmmm.

 

[robbyr1]

Re: brown stains help!!!

So, how did it go, Reefrunner? I've got the same problem after running the rivers in downtown Milwaukee. Bleechh!

 

[reefrunner7]

Re: brown stains help!!!

I bought the star brite product and it worked well some kind of acid, make sure you wear glasses if your spraying it on it burns, only question I have is does it take my wax off everytime? so I'll have to wax after each use, if thats so that will be a pain

 

[dingbat]

Re: brown stains help!!!

Yes, it?s going to take the wax off.

The trick is to keep a good layer of wax on the boat above the water line. I put 2 coats of wax on before I put the boat in the water in March. Pulled the boat out for its spring cleaning last weekend and had very little staining above the water line. It took maybe 15 minutes to wax the affected areas.

FWIW: The brown stains you're getting on the hull is the result of the dead oak leaves (tannin) breaking down and washing into the water shed. It's bad in the Spring but usually dissipates by Mid-May or so. It?s pretty much non-existent the rest of the year.

 

[Capt'n Chris]

Re: brown stains help!!!

My beautiful white boat now has brown stained patches all over the hull, never knew a river could be so disgusting how do I get this thing clean? only in the water for 2 hours

Let's hope the "brown stains" are superficial and topical cleaning removes them. Those stains can also be an indication of "bleed-through" of stagnated, mildewed water in the hull.

 

[reefrunner7]

Re: brown stains help!!!

thanks guys, I'm going to try "nu-hull" cleaner got some great info from them and good knowledge with the whole gelcoat thing, It was definately the dirty river water and not bleed through as far as I can see, it cleans up very nicely. I'm going to use "eagle one wax as u dry" for the (1-2 quick clean and wax)

I have my boat now in the chesapeake bay and hopefully it will be cleaner