Cleaning aluminum

[majflyboy]

What do you guys use to clean the "pond scum" stuff that accumulates on your hulls after a few trips out? Or, is it easier to get on the good side of IS & get her to assign the clean-up to WB.

[duckkiller]

Simple Green or Mean Green is what I always used

[majflyboy]

Thanks Killer

[feelay]

Clean a hull??? Never done that before, I like the well used look!

[torch]

Duragloss wheel cleaner. Part number 853 in a gallon or 851 in a quart. Spray on and hose off. If its not real bad get a 3M maroon scuff pad and lightly sand the scum.

[oldwhiskers]

I've had mixed feelings on it. With the stain they won't think you are newbie launcing your boat for the first time.

[jimfish]

Clean a hull??? Never done that before, I like the well used look!

I call it " patina ".

[Fishtaco]

Yer supposed to wash them? I just wait until the mooshed minners get all dry like a leaf and I just toss them over the fence into the neighbors yard. As for cleaning the outside, this is the first I've heard of this and I intend to call a meeting of the International Committee of Lackmasters. We'll have to discuss and debate this problem completely.

I think we're gonna wind up passing a resolution or something. But, not before supper I hope.

[Psmith]

I've seen people take some old towels with them and wipe it off when they load up. I guess thats a lot easier than trying to wash it after its dried on there

["G"]

Just be sure that what you use is not a oxidizer.......I had a bare finish aluminum Basstracker ones and I used 409 on it...yep it had a oxidizer in it turned the whole boat black. I wound up have to use some of that acid they clean truck trailers with to get it bright again. The boat I have now is painted aluminum but I am still careful what I wash it with. I use a regular boat wash thats says on the bottle ( Will not harm aluminum) I get it at Walmart.