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.