cleaning up toons

[lfreng]

Bought a 89 Kennedy 24' pontoon. The lake it came off of was full of algae/muck so I have a heavy water line. What is the best way to clean the toons before it goes in the new lake. I was thinking blasting with a soft media like soda blasting. Anyone have any recommendations? are there any better options like chemicals?

 

[HotTommy]

Do a Google search. There are lots of products and videos on youtube.

 

[Jeep Man]

There have been many posts on this topic. Pink Air Conditioner Cleaner seems to be a favorite and be prepared to use lots of elbow grease. If it is not too caked on too much, trailering it to a local truck wash where they use mild chemicals and pressure washers may shorten your work time considerably.

 

[junkman41]

toon brite worked well for my pontoons, it cleaned them up nice

 

[junkman41]

this stuff worked good for me, it cleaned my pontoons good, and they were pretty bad shape

 

[bruceb58]

If it's a lot of algae, you need to get all that off first. Pressure washer is what I use for that. Once you get that off, you can decide if it's worth to go further with discoloration and calcium deposits if any.

 

[WaterDR]

It depends on what you are removing! If its organic (muck, grime, algae, etc...) you need physical activity, contact time, temperature and a high pH material in an ideal world.

If its mineral scale, then you need an acid based cleaner.

If its corroded aluminum surface (nothing physically present other than a much darker color than new alum) then you will also need an acid-based cleaner.

Keep in mind that as aluminum corrodes (it does not rust), it is actually creating a chemical layer that protects itself from more corrosion. When you remove this, it will only just corrode further.