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dotnmarty
Joined: 03 Nov 2003 Posts: 4196 City/Region: Sammamish
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 1993
C-Dory Model: 16 Angler
Vessel Name: LIZZIE II
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 5:34 pm Post subject: scum |
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Well, my boat was in the water for about 4 months. I brought it home today and did the preliminary clean-up. Easy with a genuine car wash liquid, a soft brush on the end of my boatpole and a gentle hosing. Everything cleaned up, including the $800 bottom paint we got when we were in the salt water in Everett. The boat obviously lists to port, because of weight distrbution and, I guess, tying up on that side. So the scum line, or crud, if you prefer, wouldnt come off on the port. I went over it again with a sponge-nothing. Then, after I checked to see that Dotty wasn't watching, I tried the power washer, first with a fan, then with a pinpoint. Nada! I told Dotty, she looked up from her book in her recliner and said "Try the Collonite Fiberglass Cleaner # 920." Back to her book. Well to make along story a little less long, it works like a charm. I of course didn't bother with the directions, just applied it with a wet sponge, waited 2 minutes, brushed and rinsed it off. Shazam! _________________ MartyP
"...we're all in the same boat..." |
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thataway
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 20810 City/Region: Pensacola
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: thataway
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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MSDS for Colinte 920 shows:
Solvent: (Only) Petroleum Hydrocarbon (DX 3641 Naptha)
2. Morpholine: NH(CH2)2O(CH2)2- (heterocyclic)
3. Silica(Flux calcined diatomaceous earth)
4. Residual Benzene
5. Residual Acrylic Acid
Sounds like it should clean things up fairly well! _________________ Bob Austin
Thataway
Thataway (Ex Seaweed) 2007 25 C Dory May 2018 to Oct. 2021
Thisaway 2006 22' CDory November 2011 to May 2018
Caracal 18 140 Suzuki 2007 to present
Thataway TomCat 255 150 Suzukis June 2006 thru August 2011
C Pelican; 1992, 22 Cruiser, 2002 thru 2006
Frequent Sea; 2003 C D 25, 2007 thru 2009
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Home port: Pensacola FL |
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El and Bill
Joined: 08 Nov 2003 Posts: 3200 City/Region: Lakewood, CO
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C-Dory Year: 2000
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Halcyon
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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Whew -- with the title SCUM, I thot for a minute we'd need Bill or Mike to freeze the post -- whew!
Marty -- Are you taking Dotty out for a nice dinner tonight?
And Thataway Bob -- you're a doc, right? I'm having a colonoscopy soon and looking for a good 'cleaner.' That collonite you say "should clean things up" sounds great -- can I mix it with a little soda for a sundowner the night before the test? _________________ El and Bill (former live-aboards)
Halcyon 2000 CD 22 Bought 2000 Sold 2012
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dotnmarty
Joined: 03 Nov 2003 Posts: 4196 City/Region: Sammamish
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 1993
C-Dory Model: 16 Angler
Vessel Name: LIZZIE II
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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Bill- I had a colonoscopy at the VA a few months ago. I was really worried and then it was over. I don't remember a thing. Jeez,The worst thing about it was that crap (sorry Potter Stewart) you have to drink. Can't somebody invent a better tasting laxative? I remember that choclate stuff my mother would give me after I threw up the cod liver oil. But, as Dotty says, "enough about me". |
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rogerbum
Joined: 21 Nov 2004 Posts: 5922 City/Region: Kenmore
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2008
C-Dory Model: 255 Tomcat
Vessel Name: Meant to be
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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El and Bill wrote: | Whew -- with the title SCUM, I thot for a minute we'd need Bill or Mike to freeze the post -- whew!
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Whew also. I saw the title and assumed it was about me . Glad to find out it wasn't. _________________ Roger on Meant to be |
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dotnmarty
Joined: 03 Nov 2003 Posts: 4196 City/Region: Sammamish
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C-Dory Year: 1993
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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Roger-While I have you on the phone- can you give me a test for the 'common sense gene'? You know, if 920 is good, maybe 921 is even better-920, 921, whatever it takes! |
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rogerbum
Joined: 21 Nov 2004 Posts: 5922 City/Region: Kenmore
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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Marty,
I'm still a little bit of a young guy (especially relative to Dusty ) but in my limited life experience I think common sense is a misnomer - it's really not that common. Also common sense is in the eye of the beholder. One person's common sense is another's definition of stupidity. So, to be brief, I'm not sure I could design a test for common sense since
1) It's actually rather rare,
2) The phenotype is highly variable.
3) I don't have any myself so I wouldn't know it if I saw it.
Roger |
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Sawdust
Joined: 01 Nov 2003 Posts: 1400 City/Region: Oak Harbor
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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Hey, watch it Roger - we'll have another thingie for Bill to zap! Dusty is just mature -- not old.
Duster |
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rogerbum
Joined: 21 Nov 2004 Posts: 5922 City/Region: Kenmore
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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BTW - here's a few quotes I found on the net regarding "common sense"
Albert Einstein wrote: | Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote: |
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. |
Henry Ward Beecher wrote: | The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next. |
Robert Green Ingersoll wrote: |
It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense. |
(I agree with that one and note that the two are not mutually exclusive).
Will Rogers and Voltaire using different language wrote: |
Common sense ain't common. |
And one more unrelated one (but one that seems relevant now) - Rudyard Kipling wrote: |
I always try to believe the best of everybody -- it saves so much trouble. |
That's a good one to remember.... |
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westward
Joined: 18 Feb 2005 Posts: 718 City/Region: Seattle
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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It doesn't surprise me to hear that a Collinite's product worked out well. I have used their fleet wax on different fiberglass boats and it worked great for me. On the hardtop of my old Glasply, tired gelcoat and all, it would bead water for an entire year with one application. Used to be sold at the BoatUS store in Seattle before they closed. Anyone know where to buy this in the W. Washington area? Mike. |
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hardee
Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 12632 City/Region: Sequim
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 9:11 pm Post subject: That stuff you have to drink. |
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Marty,
I think I know the name of that stuff you had to drink. At least for a long time it was common to use a product called, yep you guessed it, "GoLitly" wouldn't you know. Now naming it THAT took a whole bunch of "Common Sense".
Sure glad you were able to get rid of that scum line. I will be looking for that Colinte 920, it sounds like good stuff.
Harvey
SleepyC _________________ Though in our sleep we are not conscious of our activity or surroundings, we should not, in our wakefulness, be unconscious of our sleep. |
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dotnmarty
Joined: 03 Nov 2003 Posts: 4196 City/Region: Sammamish
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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I also have the "Collinite's No. 925" , Figberglass boat wax. That also does a great job also. Sometime ago there was a discussion about this product. I'll bet lots of Brats use it. |
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dotnmarty
Joined: 03 Nov 2003 Posts: 4196 City/Region: Sammamish
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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Sawdust wrote: | Hey, watch it Roger - we'll have another thingie for Bill to zap!
Duster | This may be a job for Potter Stewart!
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Butch
Joined: 21 Feb 2004 Posts: 180 City/Region: Rising Sun
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 10:08 pm Post subject: Huh? |
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Ahh... guys just one thing. Who is Potter Stewart? After I post this I will try to look it up on the web... I like the thread on common sense. My grandfather had a third grade education and could "cipher" (as he called it) with the best of'em. After six years of higher education in the sciences and a mature 58 years under my belt (actually lopping over my belt), he is still the most intellegent man I have ever had the pleasure to meet.
Wisdom from the heart trumps intellegence from the brain any time in my book. Butch _________________ As Bartles and James said, "Thank you for your fine support!" |
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Pat Anderson
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 8553 City/Region: Birch Bay, WA
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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Potter Stewart was a U.S. Supreme Court justice - probably from N.J., but what Justice Stewart has to do with cleaning up crap (on boats) is unclear. I think his famous line was about not being able to define pornography but knowing it when he sees it...I may be wrong on that, Marty? _________________
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