Boat gone green

Just resurrecting this thread. Avocet's decks are extremely green and mouldy after 7 years in the garden, under trees! I've got some patio magic, but I was wondering about it's effects on:

Brass,
Aluminium,
Stainless.
Varnish (oil based),
2-pack paint.

It is likely to come into contact with all those!

Can anyone confirm whether or not it does anything nasty to them?
 
Avocet said:
Just resurrecting this thread. Avocet's decks are extremely green and mouldy after 7 years in the garden, under trees! I've got some patio magic, but I was wondering about it's effects on:

Brass,
Aluminium,
Stainless.
Varnish (oil based),
2-pack paint.

It is likely to come into contact with all those!

Can anyone confirm whether or not it does anything nasty to them?
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It'll be fine. There's nothing nasty in it, it's just an algecide.
 
So I have sprayed the whole boat and canopy with Patio Magic today. I took some photos to have a 'before and after' comparison. Using a pump sprayer, 2.5 litres was just enough to cover 37', diluted 1:4. I will wash it off late next week / weekend.

How can I tell by looking whether the canopy is Sunbrella or not? It was on the boat when I bought her, so I have no idea what it is made from.

Anyone have an idiot's guide please..?
 
Fabsil and Sunbrella - this email from Fabsil:

Fabsil is suitable for Sunbrella fabrics. The product sunbrella recommend has the same base (solvent) as Fabsil gold. If the fabric you have has a PVC backing, then ensure that you apply to the outside of the material, and remove any excess or pooling after it is applied.

Fabsil is not recommend for use on plastics and PVC as it will leave smudge marks and not proof correctly. If you only proof the fabric side then there will be no problems.

I can recommend the Patio Magic - what a difference and NO SCRUBBING :cool:
 
Robin B said:
Fabsil and Sunbrella - this email from Fabsil:

Fabsil is suitable for Sunbrella fabrics. The product sunbrella recommend has the same base (solvent) as Fabsil gold. If the fabric you have has a PVC backing, then ensure that you apply to the outside of the material, and remove any excess or pooling after it is applied.

Fabsil is not recommend for use on plastics and PVC as it will leave smudge marks and not proof correctly. If you only proof the fabric side then there will be no problems.

I can recommend the Patio Magic - what a difference and NO SCRUBBING :cool:
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Yes, the active ingredient in Patio Magic is very effective. I had difficulty in persuading one person that there was no need to scrub teak when applying Patio Magic (bad idea anyway), just wait a few weeks.

Interesting that Fabsil is OK on Sunbrella. I have a fair amount of spare Fabsil on the boat and none of the "special" stuff for Sunbrella. So worthwhile comparing the active ingredients in Fabsil and proofer recommended for Sunbrella (assuming I can find the information).

References in my earlier post did look reasonably convincing on subject of treating Sunbrella. However, I didn't do any further digging at the time and just parked the information for future investigation.
 
The thread about Sunbrella and Fabsil looks convincing, agreed. I might try some along an edge first to try it before launching into the whole thing.
 
Robin B said:
Fabsil and Sunbrella - this email from Fabsil:

Fabsil is suitable for Sunbrella fabrics. The product sunbrella recommend has the same base (solvent) as Fabsil gold. If the fabric you have has a PVC backing, then ensure that you apply to the outside of the material, and remove any excess or pooling after it is applied.

Fabsil is not recommend for use on plastics and PVC as it will leave smudge marks and not proof correctly. If you only proof the fabric side then there will be no problems.

I can recommend the Patio Magic - what a difference and NO SCRUBBING :cool:
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If you managed to get some pics I'd love to see the effect the patio magic had...did you wash it off after the week or did you just leave it?
 
Actually - I took the 'before' photos, then forgot the 'after' photos. The 'before' photos were so grotty I deleted them..!

The Patio Magic turned the green to brown over the course of a week. It came off really easily with a tiny jet wash on low power and showed no sign of returning. It also sorted out the canopy.

Still haven't done the Fabsil yet, but I will soon.
 
On the strength of this thread we used patio magic about 2 weeks ago.

Went back last weekend. Looks fab. All green gone. Teak back to it's usual slightly weathered look and no effort.

Now to find the no effort way to polish the grp and antifoul
 
I went back to Amazon and bought a 5l bottle to do it again, but the green never came back..!

Mind you - now I can use it on the garage door and the rest of the house which has also gone green :D
 
jac said:
On the strength of this thread we used patio magic about 2 weeks ago.

Went back last weekend. Looks fab. All green gone.
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SNAP! Highly recommended. In some corners that were very green, there is now a grey deposit. I assume that is dead green stuff. I will attack it with the jet wash at the weekend!!!! But overall, a very good lazy mans way of dispersing the winter sludge.
 
I must get some Patio magic


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I must be doing something wrong! I tried some on Avocet - put it on with a watering can, left it for a week and pressure washed it. To be honest, it barely seemed to have touched it! Had to scrub really hard with scrubbing brush and pan scrubs.
 
Avocet said:
I must be doing something wrong! I tried some on Avocet - put it on with a watering can, left it for a week and pressure washed it. To be honest, it barely seemed to have touched it! Had to scrub really hard with scrubbing brush and pan scrubs.
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Not sure what you are expecting patio magic to do.

It will remove all the green and general mould. It will not restore the colour to like new.
 
jac said:
Not sure what you are expecting patio magic to do.

It will remove all the green and general mould. It will not restore the colour to like new.
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Didn't even seem to do that! The boat was pretty awful (8 years in my wet garden under trees). Looked quite like that piccy Lakey posted. I expected it to kill the mould - or at least make it easier to scrub off, but it appeared to do neither.
 
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