Prepping for painting

[NornaBiron]

Prepping our boat for painting (steel hull) we usually use sugar soap to wash down prior to painting. Does anyone know of a Greek equivalent and where it can be purchased?

 

[miyagimoon]

Sugar Soap is actually Trisodium phosphate (φωσφορικό νάτριο) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisodium_phosphate
try asking in pharmacy if they don't have it they might be able to point you in the right direction or give the correct Greek name for it..

 

[NornaBiron]

Sugar Soap is actually Trisodium phosphate (φωσφορικό νάτριο) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisodium_phosphate
try asking in pharmacy if they don't have it they might be able to point you in the right direction or give the correct Greek name for it..

Thanks Albert, we'll give it a try

 

[NornaBiron]

So, to answer my own question.

Sugar soap is available in Greece under the name Trisodium phospate, ordered from the Pharmacy.

Ours arrived today on the Athens bus, five days after we ordered it at the same price we would expect to pay in the UK.

 

[ducked]

So, to answer my own question.

Sugar soap is available in Greece under the name Trisodium phospate, ordered from the Pharmacy.

Ours arrived today on the Athens bus, five days after we ordered it at the same price we would expect to pay in the UK.

I'm betting Trisodium phospate is available under the name Trisodium phospate.
Sugar soap is apparently different stuff, though with a similar function.

Post in thread 'Cleaning very oily bilge'

23 Nov 2009

I'm pretty sure that's mostly washing soda with a bit of detergent added. Happy to be corrected.

I wouldn't know but Wikepedia says:-

Sugar soap is a cleaning material, commonly composed of sodium carbonate, sodium phosphate, and sometimes sodium silicate as an abrasive; other chemicals might be added to modify the performance or preserve the product. The dry powder looks like table sugar, which gives it its name. The term is used mainly in Commonwealth countries.

The solution is alkaline and its uses include cleaning paintwork in preparation for repainting.

The similar...

• Poignard

 

[Lucky Duck]

You are aware the OP and who's post you have quoted hasn't been seen here for 7 years?

 

[ducked]

You are aware the OP and who's post you have quoted hasn't been seen here for 7 years?

Aware, and indifferent.
Could be no one else will ever be interested in't topic, in which case I just wasted some electrons.
I can live with that
But you just disproved that hypothesis anyway, didn't you?