Best chemical for removing waterline green mark

[Jim@sea]

Vanish ?

 

[Mandarin331]

. You must be in a more upmarket yard if you have hot water on tap

Very upmarket indeed, and we have a kettle on board

 

[Sneaky Pete]

Chine Shine will do a great job. Easy to apply use small brush and sponge of with cold water. It has the consistency of wallpaper paste

 

[SteveGorst]

I leave a bit of this in the engine bilge slopping around. Makes for nice clean bilges.

 

[alfred3axel]

Use chemical degreaser to remove green water line mark.

 

[jwilson]

I have heard of this but wondered if getting dried on wallpaper paste off was an issue. So I just use oxalic acid in hot water, the heat really helps it work,

I overdid the wallpaper paste thickness with oxalic acid one year and found it ended up as very fine crystals which were difficult to shift with cold water from the hose. If you haven't used oxalic before as Mikebz says - it's rubbish when cold, magic when air/surfaces warm.

 

[jfkal]

Oxalic Acid

 

[thinwater]

Yes, an acid cleaner.

Remember that the acid will do a number on the bottom paint.

Personally, for that I would wear dark glasses or stand farther away. It's a boat, not a chandelier. It will come back anyway, so bugger.

 

[MonniotC]

I think the best advice was to make the boot top a little higher.

 

[Kelpie]

I leave a bit of this in the engine bilge slopping around. Makes for nice clean bilges.

Sorry,a bit of what?

 

[Andrew_Trayfoot]

surprised to see this thread back to life..
in the end Harpick 10 in one (in a black bottle) did a fantastic job on the waterline and also on the teak rubbing strake and other woodwork.

 

[[70521]]

I leave a bit of this in the engine bilge slopping around. Makes for nice clean bilges.

Sorry,a bit of what?

I was thinking the same.

 

[chrishelen]

I agree, wonderful stuff. Cheap and easily available on the Internet, this is the active ingredient in some expensive marine cleaners eg Y10. Just don't get it in your eyes - a long handled soft brush is a good way to apply it.

+1

 

[VicS]

+1

and wash any splashes off you skin !

 

[Gymnopedie]

Vim works for me.

Not easy to source these days but try Poundshop (while you still can!)

 

[KINGFISHER 9]

Nip down the chandlery and get a bottle of Starbrite Hull Cleaner £19.95 ... dead easy to use, works a treat and costs peanuts! .. Eh? .. How much did your boat cost? ... :encouragement:

 

[VicS]

Nip down the chandlery and get a bottle of Starbrite Hull Cleaner ........................................................

Which contains oxalic acid!