Mr Muscle for gelcoat cleaning

[rafiki_]

Has anyone tried Mr Muscle kitchen cleaner on their gelcoat? A friend in the marina uses it and he thinks it is fantastic. Any negative comments?

 

[rob2]

Well, I use it to clean my bath and that's plastic!

Rob.

 

[ZEBEDEE]

Cilit Bang is good as well

 

[Kilter]

Has anyone tried Mr Muscle kitchen cleaner on their gelcoat? A friend in the marina uses it and he thinks it is fantastic. Any negative comments?

No but Flash liquid works very well

 

[Poignard]

The man I bought my boat from 14 years ago used to clean her gelcoat with Cif (Jif?) during the 8 years he owned her.

As she is now 44 years old, still unpainted and polishes up well it can't have done any harm.

I also used Cif for a couple of years but I now clean off the yellow stains with Y10 once a year and I pay someone to machine polish her. He uses some kind of automotive cleaner (that I can't remember the name of) and then waxes her.

 

[ksutton]

Do any of these remove the UV fogging from well maintained newish gelcoat, or is a mild gelcoat restorer the only way to get the shine back? or are there any short cuts?

 

[nimbusgb]

A creme cleaner works well. They are usually a very mild polishing compound that cuts through the years of grime on a gelcoat and removed any chalked surface.

Cheap and effective. Polish with a good quality polish afterwards.

 

[KevB]

I've found putting biological washing powder in with car wash-n-wax type soap works a treat at getting rid of black streaks

 

[exfinnsailor]

Cheap dishwasher powder a bucket and soft brush. Decks get the same treatment but with a stiffer brush. Polish sides etc. with Autoglym Super Resin polish.

 

[Mirror Painter]

Enviromentally reckless?

I would not be comfortable swilling kitchen cleaners directly in to the sea / rivers. Someone may point out that is where they end up eventually...

I have used EVM and was very happy with it:

http://shop.cormoranttrading.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=195

 

[nigelmercier]

The man I bought my boat from 14 years ago used to clean her gelcoat with Cif (Jif?)...

Cif is nowhere near as good as Jif

 

[rivonia]

Cif is nowhere near as good as Jif

Same stuff different?

 

[Grockle]

I have used EVM and was very happy with it.

I'm new to this boat owning lark and went in to Jones in St. Ives to get something to remove copius amounts of bird mess off the roof of our Seamaster. No hard sell, no pushing me towards the expensive high-tech products, the chap there recommended EVM ("not as agressive as some of the other cleaners, might need a second go") and I'm very happy with it's performance. Particularly impressive was the way it lifted years of grime and stains from the corner fenders.

Safe to rinse off into the river too.

Gets my vote.

 

[Steve Clayton]

...... He uses some kind of automotive cleaner (that I can't remember the name of) and then waxes her.

Meguiars?

 

[Poignard]

Meguiars?

No - I've been out to the garage and had a look. It was Farecla.

 

[Tremlett 15]

Elbow Grease is good both on gelcoat & fenders,

in most £ shops or the like, also online from £1 up.

 

[Tremlett 15]

Elbow grease

I didn't realise, for a minute, that you weren't referring to hard work. Thank god for that - it made me come over all faint!

http://uk.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A7x9QX...s/elbow-grease-all-purpose-degreaser/1057413/


its all hard work but this makes it easy..........