Money saving, labor saving tips

Lemon Pledge on surfaces (particularly glass) while you're away from the boat keeps salt and other minerals from spotting and etching.

You can also use this in your home shower walls.

Is it true Roll Off will eat the glue out of your R I B tender and cause it to come apart at the most inopratable time?
Floor wax does sounds quite safe...

I just want to check, is it the Roll Off or the On& Off that will eat the glue out of the RIB? I always thought that Roll Off was very mild and On & Off had acid in it.

DK about the glue on the dinks, but On-Off didn't do didly for cleaning deisel stains on f/g, but Roll Off was terrific. Anybody care to spritz your dink with both and let us know?

I spilled something oily on a large rubber fender once and was cleaning it with Roll Off. A man from another boat was walking down the dock and started conversation with me about using Roll Off. He told me he had to take his new R I B in for repair becuase the glued seems where coming apart. He told me the first thing they asked was if he was using Roll Off on the rubber pontoons....
So then I always wondered...
Was the company making excuses and blame shifting on owner care for the malfunction....
Or if it was true that Roll Off is dangerous for glued seems on R I B's.

1) Ditch that cheesy 12VDC OEM oil-change pump for a 120VAC unit.
2) RainX for windows.
3) For any metal bits, esp. aluminum, that have threads or connect with tight tolerances--and which you might want to undo at the end of the season-- SuperLube ($$$) + a bunch of Q-Tip applicators actually works.
4) "Money saving, labor saving"??
Buy your Heineken by the case.

Ditto on the RainX! We also use it in all of the showers, especially the clear shower doors . . . cleanup is MUCH faster.

DOUBLE ditto on the Heinie!!

ROCK

Hi,

And have it delivered.

switch from Rain-X to Aquapel. We did it almost a year ago and the windows are still good.
A little more expensive to start, but doing it once a year will make up for it in time and material.

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Stainless galley sinks, good old ShielaShine, lasts for ages.

2/
K2R, we love it.

3/
Antifoul Bronze props and rudders with Turtle Wax or Forespar Lanacote, lasts about 8 months. Cheaper than the 'real' stuff at $10 a pot and come haul-out time it comes off with the powerwash easily with no growth.

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Clean dirty braided docklines by putting them in the aftdeck jaccuzzi on a warm wash with a non-bio washing powder so that the elkhide protection and whipping are not damaged. Rinse off very well.


Fish

Those things truly are magic. They have cleaned up so many different little areas around the boat.

For chrome fittings: Flitz Metal Polish or Eagle One "Never-Dull" works wonders.

For oxidized fiberglass: http://www.yachtforums.com/forums/t...ing-waxing-advice-you-can-thank-me-later.html

1.Use whink on windows before rain-xing if they are etched. Just rub a 1ft area with a wet paper towel with whink when you see the etching dissappear, wipe off the whink before it dries, when done rain-x windows.

2. SS, use Collinite metal wax to polish the stainless, then use Collinite insulator wax like you would wax gelcoat (wipe on, let dry, wipe off) afterwards and the stainless will last much much longer before having to polish again.

This is so true!! They do wonders on everything!

Overspray or pollutions use a clay bar (auto parts store). It will bring back the clean vibrant look. You will need to wax it after cleaning.