JoLin
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Last Fall the cold weather came on so suddenly that I barely got the motor winterized, much less did a good cleaning on the boat.
Well, I'm in the driveway today using a product call RUSTAID that I bought at Home Depot in a gallon cpontainer. I bought it last year for about 10 bucks and I'm using it for the second time. I wanted to double-check my memory before posting.
Forget the expensive marine stuff- this works beautifully. The active ingredient is Oxalic Acid, which does a great job of cleaning fiberglass of crud and rust stains. I reasearched this last year and I think the only other thing that supposedly works better is Muriatic Acid, which HD no longer sells around here.
I spray the RUSTAID from a cheapie spray bottle I also bought, wait no more than 5 minutes, then scrub with a soft-bristle brush. No need to scrub hard, either. All the scum stains come right off. Rust seems to take a couple of applications, but it's a real easy process. Use plenty of water to flush the stuff off, and wear rubber gloves. According the the container, the stuff is bio-degradable and "earth friendly."
Have fun, folks!
Well, I'm in the driveway today using a product call RUSTAID that I bought at Home Depot in a gallon cpontainer. I bought it last year for about 10 bucks and I'm using it for the second time. I wanted to double-check my memory before posting.
Forget the expensive marine stuff- this works beautifully. The active ingredient is Oxalic Acid, which does a great job of cleaning fiberglass of crud and rust stains. I reasearched this last year and I think the only other thing that supposedly works better is Muriatic Acid, which HD no longer sells around here.
I spray the RUSTAID from a cheapie spray bottle I also bought, wait no more than 5 minutes, then scrub with a soft-bristle brush. No need to scrub hard, either. All the scum stains come right off. Rust seems to take a couple of applications, but it's a real easy process. Use plenty of water to flush the stuff off, and wear rubber gloves. According the the container, the stuff is bio-degradable and "earth friendly."
Have fun, folks!
