Gene&Mary
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What do you use to clean the saltwater from glass?
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Clean saltwater from glass
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Salmon Fisher
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Does Magic Eraser remove water spots, Tyboo?
I need to remove some and then use Rain X to prevent.
Jim, thanks for the vinegar/water ratio!
I need to remove some and then use Rain X to prevent.
Jim, thanks for the vinegar/water ratio!
Salmon Fisher":12bd4z03 said:
Not real sure but it won't hurt anything to try. My windows are 1996 vintage and have some discoloration throughout the glass so I don't really know how clean they can get, but the Magic Eraser removes the white powdery feeling stuff that seems to collect out of nowhere real easily. Barkeeper's Friend also does a pretty good job on glass.
Be careful with those Magic Erasers. They do an amazing job on gelcoat stains and are kind of addicting. The problem is they take the wax and just a bit of the gelcoat surface with them because they are mildly abrasive. But oh my goodness, they clean up fish blood, rust stains, tree deposits, bird droppings, waterline scum, and just about anything that annoys you to look at with no effort at all. I use the things after a wash and before a waxing to get the stains off. Once it is waxed you can't tell where they were used.
starcrafttom
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starcrafttom":1bniys4w said:
I would suggest that one avoid steel wool (especially 4/0) on a boat. You will be wondering where all of those little rust spots on the deck and forward pilot house came from. If you want to go that way--Bronze wool, then you will just have green spots!
Never had a problem with keeping my glass clean (sometimes keeping it full)
in salt waters:
1. Rinse, then soap and water, rinse again
2. Squeegee dry and clean
3. Apply RainX per instructions
Repeat as necessary. No steel wool ever on anything exterior in salted waters.
Aye.
Grandpa used to say, "For most, seeing is believing."
in salt waters:
1. Rinse, then soap and water, rinse again
2. Squeegee dry and clean
3. Apply RainX per instructions
Repeat as necessary. No steel wool ever on anything exterior in salted waters.
Aye.
Grandpa used to say, "For most, seeing is believing."
starcrafttom
Active member
wash and rinse once done.. I mean really people.
Salmon Fisher
Member
I have used 4/0 steel wool and made a paste of Barkeepers Friend. It took a lot of elbow grease, but did cut through the water spots and then put on Rain X.
It would make sense to start out with your brand new boat and apply Rain X from the get go and keep up with it and then a person would never have a problem.
BTW I never had rust spots from the steel wool, probably because of the Barkeepers Friend paste. I also rinsed and washed after doing that routine.
I'll have to look at Amaz. Thanks Bob!
It would make sense to start out with your brand new boat and apply Rain X from the get go and keep up with it and then a person would never have a problem.
BTW I never had rust spots from the steel wool, probably because of the Barkeepers Friend paste. I also rinsed and washed after doing that routine.
I'll have to look at Amaz. Thanks Bob!
Try WD-40 check this site out for some of the other things you can use WD-40 for
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hardee":1dml9xah said:Thank you Bob. I have not seen Amaz, but do have some BarKeeprs Friend. Thought I might try that with the Scotch Brite. Do you know which SB pad you used?
Harvey
SleepyC :moon
Harvey,
I used the green ScotchBrite pad.
Amaz from Amazon, for less than $13--shipping free.
I find that I am buying 95% of what I need for the boat's upgrades from Amazon--as cheap as any of the other sources, have the item in 2 days most of the time...