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Bass_Appeal
03-18-2012, 07:51 PM
looking for a good soap to remove stains,scuff marks,blood stains, ect without taking all the wax off any ideas? 1996 proline i like to keep in the best shape i can .....boat is in great shape for age and try to keep it that way ....but i dont have the time to wash an wax every single time i use it ....

Loudsprtfsh1
03-18-2012, 08:53 PM
Check your pm's. I would use Orpine WASH&WAX. For the stains use the soft scrub bleach gel

Capt. Lou
03-18-2012, 08:56 PM
DawnN dishwashing detergent hull topside , soft scrub w/ bleach for tuff spots . Use scrubs to apply & wash.

Gerry Zagorski
03-21-2012, 08:56 AM
Dawn is a great cleaner and cheap and that's what a lot of people use. Not sure it's meant to be used in the marine environment though.

Best boat soap I've found is Crazy Clean. Comes in concentrate and a few squirts on the deck is all you need. Cleans like no other soap I've ever used.

Any soap that is farily aggressive on stains is going to take some wax off.
Best thing to do is occationally treat your high traffic areas like the deck with Woody Wax so the decks won't stain as easily to begin with. Once the deck is clean, you spray it on wait for a few minutes and hose it off. Great for non skid since it's not slippery once hosed off. It is however expensive.

Hope this helps.

Capt. Lou
03-23-2012, 12:27 PM
Dawn is the used to clean oil laden wildlife so I doubt it's not enviormentaly
safe.
Great boat cleaner, used for over twenty seasons !

SaltyAngler
03-23-2012, 12:55 PM
Dawn is definitely excellent for basic cleaning.

For stubborn stains, I've used Power Bolt citrus based cleaner to great effect. And to restore luster, Flitz polish (though you MUST wax afterwards) Flitz is an amazing product when it comes to polishing fiberglass/gelcoat...it's gotten the nastiest stains out nothing else could.