Anyone have experience of this stuff?

[Irish Rover]

My boat is on the hard for painting and polishing and this is what the painters are using to wash the boat. Seems very effective. I can't find a retail seller.

 

[BobnLesley]

Is this to remove rust and water stains from fibreglass? If yes, Google 'Oxalic acid', that's the active ingredient in virtually all of them, in a lot of teak cleaners too. Just buy the crystals and mix/dissolve them in warm water, it will do the same job at 1/20th of the price

 

[AngusMcDoon]

Is this to remove rust and water stains from fibreglass? If yes, Google 'Oxalic acid', that's the active ingredient in virtually all of them, in a lot of teak cleaners too. Just buy the crystals and mix/dissolve them in warm water, it will do the same job at 1/20th of the price

Oxalic acid is Illegal to buy, sell, transfer or possess as a private individual now, unless in a pre-prepared product like Y10 with concentration 10% or less. There still seem to be a few rogue sellers online but any links here get removed and the poster sent to sit on the naughty step.

 

[Irish Rover]

Is this to remove rust and water stains from fibreglass? If yes, Google 'Oxalic acid', that's the active ingredient in virtually all of them, in a lot of teak cleaners too. Just buy the crystals and mix/dissolve them in warm water, it will do the same job at 1/20th of the price

I use oxalic acid now and again, and it does a great job removing rust and grime, but this stuff seems to leave the deck and the hull brighter and cleaner.

 

[Irish Rover]

Oxalic acid is Illegal to buy, sell, transfer or possess as a private individual now, unless in a pre-prepared product like Y10 with concentration 10% or less. There still seem to be a few rogue sellers online but any links here get removed and the poster sent to sit on the naughty step.

Definitely not illegal where I live. I bought this last week approx €6

 

[Sandydog2]

The first ingredient listed, cas number 7647-01-0 is hydrochloric acid. Hard to read the second one but there is also phosphoric acid (cas 7664-38-2) and polyethylene glycol listed.

 

[AngusMcDoon]

Definitely not illegal where I live. I bought this last week approx €6

It's a UK thing. I know you can buy it, I should have made that clear.

Refueler will be along in a moment saying that he can buy it no problem in Lithuania, or is it Latvia?

 

[Irish Rover]

The first ingredient listed, cas number 7647-01-0 is hydrochloric acid. Hard to read the second one but there is also phosphoric acid (cas 7664-38-2) and polyethylene glycol listed.

I'll try to get a better photo if it's still there tomorrow

 

[AngusMcDoon]

The first ingredient listed, cas number 7647-01-0 is hydrochloric acid. Hard to read the second one but there is also phosphoric acid (cas 7664-38-2) and polyethylene glycol listed.

It may have a chelating agent in as some deck cleaners do. They are good at getting rid of some stains other stuff won't touch.

 

[Sandydog2]

CAS number = Chemicals Abstract Service registry numbers, so you can easily google the active ingredients. It may turn out to be sold for industrial use only for safety reasons.

 

[jwilson]

Oxalic acid is Illegal to buy, sell, transfer or possess as a private individual now, unless in a pre-prepared product like Y10 with concentration 10% or less. There still seem to be a few rogue sellers online but any links here get removed and the poster sent to sit on the naughty step.

I'd better stock up then whilst it's still readily available online.