Tips on cleaning a boat that has been uncovered outside for sometime.
 

The project v20 I just bought has been setting outside for a year uncovered under a tree. The leaves are the easy part of cleaning but there is the usual green molds on all the fiberglass, the woods have dried out, and black molds on all the seats inside and out. I have a power sprayer and was wondering what types of cleaners I can use safely on this boat to get the initial cleaning done.

I use "Great Value" cleaner with bleach from Walmart. Cheap and it works great on the mold.

If it's one of the hi-powered sprayers 2500 PSI or so, be careful w/it...don't hold it any closer to the gel-coat than is needed to get the job done...

Mold & Mildew cleaner like X14 will be great!! Spray on let sit, not let dry, spray off.

Interlux makes "boat soap" it has all the cleaning power plus wax for protection, the wax will protect the gel coat also ..
http://www.westmarine.com/1/1/5755-a...-interlux.html

Diluted bleach, or clorox clean up work great.

go to lowes buy the gallon simple green house wash it's clear in the pressure washer isle works great and kills mold and mildew too.


couldn't find it on their site but they had this listed now

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...S01&lpage=none


http://images.lowes.com/product/conv...18811208md.jpg

ok here's what i use to wash all my boats works wonders and super good salt killer.

http://www.simplegreen.com/products_pwc_house.php

http://www.simplegreen.com/images/prod_pwc_house_lg.jpg

Thats funny as CB was on mky boat this week and was saying how dirty it was, I called him later and asked what he thought house cleaner would be!!
Lots of dry nfish gut and some mold, I told him I had no time to clean! LOL

When my buddy purchase a project boat it was nasty. We got all the junk out and then I made up a solution of 1 gallon clorox and 1 gallon water. I put it in one of those weed sprayers and started spraying it down. Took several times but it looked great when it was done and yes we still had to scrub some. I have also taken some soft scrub and mixed it 50/50 clorox to make it stronger and that works good.