BOTTOM CLEANING

[unclejerky]

Has anyone used or heard of.. "Dry Diver"? It is an angled-handled brush,used to brush-clean(slime,algae,veggie-animal growth)from the boat's bottom and water line areas, as the boat stays in the water.Supposed to help keep down haul-out and dive cleaning costs.Sounds pretty good to me.

 

[tgissel]

Re: BOTTOM CLEANING

Do you have a "link" to this Dry Diver? I use the finest scotchbrite pads available on an extension with a swivel, this seems to work pretty good.

 

[unclejerky]

Re: BOTTOM CLEANING

It's available from valuemarine.com and or marinestore.com

 

[tgissel]

Re: BOTTOM CLEANING

Looks like it is really intended for sailboat hulls that have gently sloping sides. On a conventional hull you would still have to be at water level to clean the "v" bottom. What type of bottom paint do you use?

 

[magster65]

Re: BOTTOM CLEANING

Most people here just get some 2" schedule 80 pvc and glue it together in a shape that'll reach the whole hull from the dock. On the business end there's a tee with a 3' wrap of thick pile carpet. It works pretty good and it's cheap.

 

[unclejerky]

Re: BOTTOM CLEANING

I think the product is designed to conform to the shape of the hull and is also intended for use on power boats. I don't use bottom paint.