Cleaning Balyhoo crap off boat deck

Piratelooksat40

Whenever I catch ballyhoo, they always leave a nice green surprise on the deck of my boat. On my old boat, I would just pour some Clorox on it and give it a little scrub and it would be fine. I bought a brand new boat and I don't think it is good for the gel-coat to pour Clorox on it. I used a deck cleaner that I got at west marine, but it did not get the stains out.

What do you guys suggest I use to clean the deck of my boat to get the stains off the deck of my boat.

bone

Clorox And Equal amount of water.

Piratelooksat40

bone wrote: »

Clorox And Equal amount of water.

Won't that ruin my gel coat?

Hall Pass

It will strip your wax overtime but will not hurt your gel coat. Don't let it sit on stainless to long or it can pit it. I bleach all the time after big fishing trips. It's the only thing that will do it.

captrv

powdered Barkeepers Friend with a scrub pad. available at Publix

sparse grey

X2 on barkeepers friend. Best, & inespensive.

Slopps08

captrv wrote: »

powdered Barkeepers Friend with a scrub pad. available at Publix

I have heard that works well!

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flatsfisher

i would do bleach and water, there have been many times where that has been a last resort for me when trying to clean, i often just choose to take a minute and clean during whatever fishing i am doing to prevent stains unless i am tournament fishing.

Ilive2fish

agree on the bar keeper's friend....I use it all the time on my boat....I mist the deck first then sprinkle some of the powder and then comes the hard part...get on hands and knees and scrub with a brush...works wonders....also, I keep a brush on deck while fishing and I clean up the green crap with a bit of salt water and scrub with the brush...makes the cleaning at home a lot less....

hittin'_bottom

FSR - fiberglass stain remover. Blue gel made to remove stains from your boat.

It's a gel you rub on with your fingers, let sit for a couple minutes, then rinse off.



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gruntking

BKF and some Woody wax after to seal the gel coat a bit.

gatormonroe

Keep in mind that the Barkeeper's Friend is an abrasive. It will take some gel coat with it. It works well on rust stains as well, and can be used as a very aggressive rubbing compound.

I just tried FSR on my boat this week. The only thing it would remove was very recent rust stains. Unless I'm doing something wrong I think there are much better cleaners on the market. Maybe you'll have better results with more recent stains.

tunaman

Bleach and water, NOTHING out cleans it, rinse good and give the area a quick wash with Blue Coral. Restores shin like new. Done it 6 yrs, gelcoat is fine. It amazes me the people that swear by Tylex because Bleach is "hard" on gel-coat. Read the actiuve ingredient in Tylex!! The same as Comet. Like I say, wash it takes about 2 mins to do your deck, rinse good, wash with Blue Coral, another 2 mins. Go get a beer and sit and watch your boat shine.

tunaman

They also make rough deck cleaner. Its rubbing compound!!!!

Reel Tease

Bleach works wonders but I wouldnt recomend it on any metals or on your vinyls. I say vinyls because sometimes it will cross your mind looking at how well it cleans your boat that maybe it will whiten your cushions. worst mistake one can make. It will slowly dissolve the stictching and destroy them.

tuna man

Reel Tease wrote: »

Bleach works wonders but I wouldnt recomend it on any metals or on your vinyls. I say vinyls because sometimes it will cross your mind looking at how well it cleans your boat that maybe it will whiten your cushions. worst mistake one can make. It will slowly dissolve the stictching and destroy them.

I think the trick is rinsing it quickly. Stitching on my vinyl seats is fine after 5 yrs.