Re: Hull cleaning


"Steve Marsh" <rodrigues.marsh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Duncan Heenan" <duncanheenan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>I am about to start cleaning the above water white GRP hull of my Bavaria
>>34 as it has developed the slightly yellowed look any boat gets after a
>>lot of miles, due to the build up of oil residues & other muck in the
>>water. I
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> Oxalic acid dissolved in water plus some wallpaper paste to thicken it.
> Gets rid of almost anything including rust stains.

Talking to engineers in local boatyard they tell me this yellowing is
bacdterial and they actually use car alloy wheel cleaner and then polish
thereafter. Might be worth a try, these people are preofessional marine
engineers.

Pete


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