rubber straking

[patturner]

took the boat out last sunday for a couple of hours in the sunshine!!
the engine died just as I was approaching the pontoon and as I steered her off I caught the works tender tied up to the pontoon. I now have a 2 feet streak of rubber from the works boat straking down one side of my hull. Any suggestions on removal of rubber without damaging the gelcoat. Thanks in anticipation.

 

[Seajet]

I thought you were going to be asking about rubber rubbing strakes...

I'd try something like white spirit to start with, leaving abrasive - or oxalic acid jobs - as a last resort as they will probably leave uneven patches where the U/V has not been there.

 

[VicS]

Try what ever domestic cleaners suitable for plastic baths that SWMBO has.

Ordinary Cif will get black marks off but it is slightly abrasive.

I doubt if oxalic acid will be any good but you never know it seems to shift most things

 

[ralf2]

Those white "magic sponge" things work generally get them in the pound shops.

 

[William_H]

Cleaning hull

I like acetone as the stuff to clean rubber off a hull. Mine gets a lot of marks on the hull sides. It is a trailer sailer with a 2.5 metre beam. Exactly the max for normal towing on road. So the hull is the rubbing strake. Yes I do need to clean it and even repair scratches and repaint with 2 pack but it does work out well with all that beam on a 21fter. good luck olewill

 

[LadyInBed]

Petrol

 

[PeterWright]

Solvents

Any of the organic solvents suggested: white spirit, acetone or petrol, will do the job in conjunction with a little elbow grease. Give your hands a good dose of SWMBO's hand cream, or better still a barrier cream, first to minimise skin damage,

These solvents will also remove any wax you may have applied to the area in question, so you may need to re apply.

Peter Wright
Wild Thyme