Interior cleaning

[PenguinPA]

Evening all!

The Admiral and I are now the proud new parents of an R-25! Brought her home from SkipperCress in Anacortes to Tacoma over the weekend. Had a wonderful cruise although a little bumpy on saturday. Once home the unglamorous part of being new boat owners began.

We washed and wiped every surface possible and some that I think were impossible. My wife became angrier the longer we worked, so it seems that she would "just move stuff around with her cloth & then it seemed to glue itself to fiberglass in the cabin." She forced me to post this question, (a copy goes to her e-mail to prove I did it!) Is there anything in particular that will really clean the interior without the aformentioned problem?????? Matches & gasoline are out of the equation but I'm for just about anything else.

Thanks again for your time

Drew

[westward]

Greetings and congratulations. I'm not totally sure I understand your question, but will share how we clean interior fiberglas surfaces on our boat: I keep a bucket 2/3 full of hot water, with a few drops of detergent in it, nearby. Not nearly enough detergent to foam or leave a residue. I dip/wring/wipe with a small hand towel, then dry the surface off with a larger bath size towel. The detergent is just enough cleaner to remove sticky or lightly dirty spots but no more. I try to keep all the windows and hatch open for ventilation, and of course work my way back out from the v-berth. It's been very dry; maybe the fiberglass had an electrical attraction to dust that day? Hope this helps in some way. Mike.

[B~C]

tub and tile cleaner isn't bad

[Sea Wolf]

I clean a lot of the boat with Windex spray as it has enough detergent action with a mild detergent and ammonia to clean most anything that is not gross, and is designed to leave little or no residue, being intended for windows.

Joe.

[PenguinPA]

Appreciate the thoughts. I didn't think about static....R'dragon just so darn cute, it has a "magnetic personality...to dirt!" Will try to get a little more suds going...we were just using those Clorox wipes and seemed that all the dirt would move while wet, but then dry and wouldn't wipe off! Frustrating...but nothing a little cold suds won't cure!

Thanks Again

[Trinity]

I wiped everything down with old damp towels to remove all the crud. Then I used the Lysol wipes. Still trying to decide what to do about the telltale glue on some of the walls. Goopoff has been recommended, but I am hesitating. Don't want to ruin the shine.

Nancy

[PenguinPA]

Goof off works well. I saw the detailer at the factory using that, but I don't think it will get the glue.... Great for other stuff, paint, Teak oil (nest project) etc....

C-You later

[Sea Wolf]

Goff Off is not as strong a mixture of solvents as laquer thinner for cleaning difficult stains and spills that detergent based solvents won't clean up.

Laquer thinner will cut most things except those things that have been polymerized like set-up polyester and epoxy resins, latex paint, and silicone.

I keep some in the boat safely in a 1-pint metal can formerly used as a Carburetor/Fuel Injector container. It's a universal type solvent because it contains:

isoprophyl alcohol
acetone
MEK (methy-ethyl-ketone)
toluene
cellusolve (various acetates)
petroleum distilates (oily solvents)

Just use it and wax over again. Easy.

Joe.

[ffheap]

Hi Folks,

I use CINCH, a great all purpose cleaning product from Spic and Span.

It cleans grease and dirt to glass with no residue.

We have our chambermaids use it at our Inn on Nantucket. You can not beat it for general purpose cleaning. They use paper towels with it. I use it on my boat, both inside and outside. I have not checked if it takes off the wax on the fiberglass. I do not think it does.

It is sold at supermarkets in the cleaning section. 32 ounce spray bottle goes for about $3.49. A lot less thanproducts found in Marine Stores.

Fred

[Capn Jack]

Careful of the TYPOs

There are two products out the that are easily confused....

Goop-Off: A gel like substance that is used to remove "Sales Stickers"and some glue residues. It is relatively benign and I've had no problems with painted surfaces, or plastics, though it may stain fabrics.

Goof-Off: A Naptha based thinner used to remove paint over spray, even some hardened paints and some glues. I would be very careful around plastics and fabrics.