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Remove unused acid from the sprayer and rinse it and the nozzle with water. The acid does them no good, which is why you buy cheap ones! (I get about 3 or 4 uses out of one)
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Remove unused acid from the sprayer and rinse it and the nozzle with water. The acid does them no good, which is why you buy cheap ones! (I get about 3 or 4 uses out of one)
I did my 26' Chaparral last year, took about an hour to do the whole boat, and 2 quarts of 20% 'Works'. It was pretty bad and looked like new when I got done. My dock neighbor who usually pays a couple hundred bucks to have this done to his 27'er was stunned.
Muriatic acid won't harm your lawn, or driveway. I've had no trouble with it on my trailer, just keep the water flowing!
First, it's only good on calcium deposits. It doesn't clean algae or dirt. Likewise, stuff that will clean your dirt won't much remove calcium.
It's safe to use on most aluminum, like your outdrive, as long as it's rinsed quickly.
50 series aluminum used to make pontoon logs isn't affected.
DON'T get it on anodized aluminum, OR stainless steel. It will etch anodized, and it'll darken stainless. Keep it below the rub rail and dive deck and you should be ok.
Dilution- 20% acid can be diluted 4 to 1 and still work okay, but I like it a bit stronger, say 8 to 10% as an end result. This is why you need to know how strong it is in the first place. If you find 9%, just use it straight--
Application: Get a cheap $9 garden sprayer from Low Depot. This and a garden hose with an on/off trigger sprayer is all you need. No brooms, rags, brushes, nothing. Honest!
Procedure: First, pressure wash everything off you can. Like I said, acid won't clean dirt.
Get some rubber gloves on. Mix your acid and water in the sprayer, and pump it up. Have the garden hose ready and waiting.
Work about a square foot or two at a time. Pick an area that big and spray. You'll know it's working because it'll create smoke while it's burning thru calcium.
This is important- The calcium you're spraying will neutralize the acid in about 5 seconds flat. SO, spray, wait 5 seconds (watch the smoke), spray again. You'll be amazed as you watch the calcium melt away. After about every 4 sprays, douse well with the water hose. If you keep seeing smoke, keep spraying until you don't. Then move on. You'll find a rhythm where you just slowly keep moving, and you'll be done before you know it. No scrubbing, just spray a few times, rinse well, repeat.
"The Works" toilet bowl cleaner is sold at Home Depot and Walmart, it's dirt cheap at about $1.50 a quart or so. It's essentially muriatic acid (hydrogen chloride).
I've used it for years. Thing is, in the past couple of years they've been changing the percentage of actual acid. For years it was 20%. I've since seen it at 14% and even 9%. Check the bottle, it'll say on the bottom.
What's that stuff made from? I have used a phosphoric acid gel that I picked up at the Kuester's Hardware store a few years back. I used one of them hard plastic scrub pads and lots of elbow grease to cleam my aluminum bass boat. I got it nice and shiny and new looking. Then the first time I went fishing in the pits the ring around the collar was right back on the boat. I gave up. I am not about to spend two or three more days cleaning that boat just to have the boat ruined after just one day on the water. Those old coal mine pits are hard on my boat. Makes me wonder what's in the water and at the bottom of these 60 ft deep strip pit lakes.
I have used toon brite, zing and others for cleaning the pontoon which is left in the water all season. I assume your job won't be as bad.here
Try this link. There are tons of threads on cleaning aluminum pontoons. I personally have not used any of the methods they talk about, but there are some different types of cleaners out there.
I'm not sure what's in there, its strong whatever it is. I've not heard of the scars coming back ASAP though with toon-brite.
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I would not use toilet bowl cleaner to clean yopur hull, it might discolor or eat up the plastic hulls. I spilled some on the linolium on my bathroom floor and it stained it bad and appeared to eat it up a little. A neighbor spilled a bottle of toilet bowl cleaner on her vynil tile and it ate a hole in it!!
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