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Article #62: Boating Clean and Swabbing Decks

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Whether your sitting at the dock or will come in quite handy here.
floating in your favorite anchorage, Everybody loves cleaning out the boat
there may actually come a time when your bilge. Especially those hard to reach
bored with reading the latest great little crevices way down low. Try
paperback while sipping those boat drinks fastening a sponge or very absorbent rag
down. What to do then? Well, your on a to the end of a long stick. Much better
boat, and as all boat owners know, then sticking your hand down into that
there's always plenty to do. Starting mixture of stale water, slime, and dead
with keeping the boat clean, here's a few bugs.
tips, tricks, and handy nautical hints Copper and brass, which can be found on
for keeping your SS ---insert boat many boats, and is notoriously getting
name--- sparkling like new. dirty, can be cleaned with a simple
One very natural cleanser, that dose a solution of vinegar and salt.
multitude of boat cleaning jobs is Bimini tops, dodgers, and other canvas
baking-soda. A solution of baking-soda are pretty simple to keep clean, and
can be used onfiberglass, chrome, counter there are a number of choices in this
tops and sinks. It's great for cleaning category. A concoction of mild soap
out the fridge or cooler, and also does a (Ivory), water and a little bit of Clorox
wonder on stoves, pans and cutting (for those nasty mildewvillains ) will do
boards. the trick. Be sure to rinse well with
Ever left an old pair of pliers on the cold water. Waterproofing is always a
boat deck all winter under the tarp? I good little piece of maintenance to do
did. Leaves a nice little rust stain on while your at it. Check with your
the fiberglass deck for you to clean in manufacturer for this. The ever popular
the spring. Fantastik, Bon Ami, or Soft Sunbrellasuggests Aquaseal No. 3.
Scrub will get rid of it. Or, I've even And finally for those of you anal enough
heard that cream of tartar mixed with to worry about cleaning your through
some cola should do the trick. Haven't hulls, try using wire coat hangers. Very
tried that one yet. simple, and effective.
If you've been cruising the Intercoastal Well, after all that hard work, must be
Waterway, and have grown an ICW mustache, time to get back to those boat drinks.
there are a couple of cleaning solutions. Those are of course a concoction for
Apparently Bar Keepers Friend or Bon Ami another article.






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