What do you use to Clean your boat?

Nothing. My boat is full of mud from going ride a few weeks ago.

Clorox cleanup


Followed by Boat Soap


Followed by starbrite with PTEF



On the hull starbrite Hull cleaner.

And every couple of years 3m wax and restorer and if need be 3m rubbing compound.

I also just bought a portercable orbital machine. It has 6" attachments and i cant burn the fiberglass gelcoat.....works great ...ill never do it by hand again.....that goes for waxing my truck too.

FSR???

I've tried a number of different soaps and today I used a bleach water mixture to no avail.

All of this while trying to use a pressure washer ,as well.

I have used the Starbrite Scumline Remover and that was effective.

I really wanna try those 3M products!


Thanks for the help!
I appreciate it!

Water line stains are very easy to remove.First off, do you know what wayer stains are? Water stains are heavy metals in the water and gelcoat just loves to suck that crap up. Cheaps stuff to use is a bottle of Muriatc Acid. A gallon will set you back a big $4 at any hardware store. Very easy to work with. If the boat is on a trailer, wet the trailer down and keep it wet. Frome there with a pair of rubber gloves on and a clean rag, apply some of the acid and just wipe it on.Let it sit a couple mins and then wash off. You will need to wax the boat after. This is what boatyards use all the time. All the over the counter crap one buys has muritac acid in it.

This also works for rust stains in the deck too.

After you use products like FSR, you must wax/polish the area after. Otherwise the stains will come back much faster. I use a makita polisher with a wool bonnet and aqua-buff 2000, followed by rejex on the Glacier Bay. Lasts about a year.

Back story- I fished a tourny a few weeks ago and hit something coming in from Half Moon Island (Biloxi Marsh) on the way back to Bay St. Louis. Tore up a good bit of gelcoat near the stern, so I brought it to Kirk's in Des Allemands for him to fix it. His comment- "man, it must suck to tear up a brand new boat like that." My response, "this boat is 3 years old, and has well over a hundred hours on the motor." He said, "man, I have never worked on a bay boat this clean and still white- it was no problem matching your gelcoat."

So, I think I have a pretty good scheme going to keep one clean...

1. After every trip, full interior is washed with Star Brite deck cleaner with PTFE. It takes away all the stains like magic- even crab guts.

2. After Star Brite, full exterior and trailer is washed liberally with OrPine- you can get it at West Marine- a lot of the charter captains use it. Then, remaining OrPine is used in the interior to get some wax in there- it's a combo wash and wax product.

3. Boat is always covered- regardless of if it's in my shop or under my camp. Keeps the dust off, bugs out, and upholstery looking new.

Again, boat is 3 years old, fishes inshore saltwater tournaments and pulls a little boy around on skis all summer long. Gets a lot of use and still looks brand new.

I had some scuffs and mars on my boat that I never could scrub off. My wife uses Magic Eraser around the house and it’s amazing what that stuff will remove. I decided to try it on my boat. Took every last scratch, stain, and marking off with very little effort. That stuff really works. Just my two cents…