Champagne Murphy
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The present Mrs Murphy has just discovered the benefits of sugar soap, it seems very effective around the house. Does it work as well on GRP hulls, or is it likely to cause problems?
Sugar soap and GRP
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RichardS
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Present, as in currently in the room with you, or present, as in possibly not the future?
As for sugar soap on GRP, isn't it sodium carbonate and usually used for degreasing paintwork etc so can't think it would harm GRP?
Richard
prv
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I don't exactly know what's in it, but I always thought it was more or less ordinary soap. The "sugar" name refers to its appearance in powder form, it doesn't actually contain any sugar.
I can't imagine it will harm GRP, it will work as a cleaner as well as it does anywhere else, but there are perhaps more effective substances you can use on GRP but not on your walls (if trying to remove grease, I would use acetone rather than soap, for instance).
Pete
I can't imagine it will harm GRP, it will work as a cleaner as well as it does anywhere else, but there are perhaps more effective substances you can use on GRP but not on your walls (if trying to remove grease, I would use acetone rather than soap, for instance).
Pete
VicS
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The composition of sugar soap varies IIRC but is always mildly alkaline. It is therefore fairly good at removing greasy stains and grease bound dirt from domestic surfaces.
I suspect the brown water line stain and other dirt on boat hulls and decks may be bound by light calcium carbonate deposits. Acidic cleaners are therefore more effective.
Poignard
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I have used it regularly on my boat to clean bilges and lockers prior to re-painting. It works very well and is very cheap (because it doesn't say Marine on the container!). Also it doesn't produce any nasty fumes. No sign of it harming anything, me included.
n4585k
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Now there's a user name that instantly caught my eye! Are you a musician or opera lover?
Poignard
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onesea
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+1 and it also keeps mildew at bay without encouraging paint to peel (as bleach does). Mum has been round boats for far longer than I and she has not found anything to beat it, neither have I.
Poignard
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Your mum sounds like a very sensible sort of lady. An I'll bet she be a good cook too. You go an tell er Barkis is willing!
n4585k
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No, yes. Or maybe it's the name of a boat .....
I thought that might be the case. Still takes at least an opera lover to name his boat Parsifal. Thought you might be a fellow musician...
Poignard
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No, I cannot play any musical instrument at all. It's one of those things I would like to be able to do before I get too old.
What musical instrument do you play? Something appropriate to seafaring under sail, eg a concertina or a fiddle, or something more sophisticated?
n4585k
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Nobody in a marina needs to fear my presence, as I need at least around a 100 people to do what I do...
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john
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Symphony Orchestra conductor?
n4585k
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That is, when I am not sailing!
Poignard
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john
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Or perhaps the ghost of Edward Heath?
n4585k
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Conductor + yachtsman. You're not the ghost of von Karajan are you
Hahahaha! Although he and I share most of the repertoire, and some of the orchestras, and I have a pilot license, I don't think I could be his ghost!
