When I was out doing seismic work we had to clean our boats at the end of every day. Normal cleanup was just some laundry deturgent and a stiff long handled brush.
However every so often we needed to really spiff it up a bit. Most of the guys would stop at the local 7-11 and get a couple gallons of Chlorine Bleach. They would wash the boat down with the bleach and let it sit for a few minutes then do the soap and water routine. Seemed to work fairly well. Somewhat better than just soap.
Periodically when we pulled a boat back into the shop we would pressure clean it then use a product called Alumabright. I mean this made it look like new metal. Again it was spray it with a garden sprayer and let it sit for just a minute or two then pressure clean the hull with just plain water. Result was a super clean and bright hull.
The drawback appeared though to be that once Alumabright was used, that was the only thing that would ever clean it well again. It appeared to kill the shiny texture of the surface and open the poors. Looked great on the trailer but with the open pores, the next mud that got on it was in deep. Got way dirtier way quicker and was near impossible to clean without more Alumabright.
I am assuming the thing about opening the pores, it may have been etching the surface. I "believe" the main ingredient was Phosphoric Acid. Same thing that is in Toilet bowl cloeanerts like Snow Bowl & etc.. Strangely enough its also in Pepsi and Coke but in really low concentrations.
Has anyone had experience with this stuff? Can it just be buffed back shiny with some compound and a high speed buffer or is the surface permanently damaged?
What is the BEST cleaner to use now days???
Scotty
However every so often we needed to really spiff it up a bit. Most of the guys would stop at the local 7-11 and get a couple gallons of Chlorine Bleach. They would wash the boat down with the bleach and let it sit for a few minutes then do the soap and water routine. Seemed to work fairly well. Somewhat better than just soap.
Periodically when we pulled a boat back into the shop we would pressure clean it then use a product called Alumabright. I mean this made it look like new metal. Again it was spray it with a garden sprayer and let it sit for just a minute or two then pressure clean the hull with just plain water. Result was a super clean and bright hull.
The drawback appeared though to be that once Alumabright was used, that was the only thing that would ever clean it well again. It appeared to kill the shiny texture of the surface and open the poors. Looked great on the trailer but with the open pores, the next mud that got on it was in deep. Got way dirtier way quicker and was near impossible to clean without more Alumabright.
I am assuming the thing about opening the pores, it may have been etching the surface. I "believe" the main ingredient was Phosphoric Acid. Same thing that is in Toilet bowl cloeanerts like Snow Bowl & etc.. Strangely enough its also in Pepsi and Coke but in really low concentrations.
Has anyone had experience with this stuff? Can it just be buffed back shiny with some compound and a high speed buffer or is the surface permanently damaged?
What is the BEST cleaner to use now days???
Scotty
