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13 March 2020, 16:24
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Dartmoor
Boat name: Spirit of Adventure
Make: Brig
Length: 5m +
Engine: 50Hp Suzuki
Join Date: Nov 2019
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Cleaning products for a Rib
Weve recently bought our first Rib and it needs a clean. It's not too bad but theres a bit of mildew as it's been under a tarp. Parts of the A frame have small rust coloured flecks. We're naturally eager to have it look nice as it's a new to us boat and the previous owner looked after it.
Can anyone recommend cleaning and care products please? I don't want to use anything that might damage the various bits:
Hull
Heytex tubes
Stainless steel
Outboard
Many thanks in advance
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13 March 2020, 22:54
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: South Yorks
Boat name: Black Pig
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: DF140a
MMSI: 235111389
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 12,109
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This has been covered many many times & a quick use of the search function will prove fruitful. In the meantime, TFR & 303.
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13 March 2020, 23:44
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Dartmoor
Boat name: Spirit of Adventure
Make: Brig
Length: 5m +
Engine: 50Hp Suzuki
Join Date: Nov 2019
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Fair comment
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Originally Posted by Pikey Dave
This has been covered many many times & a quick use of the search function will prove fruitful. In the meantime, TFR & 303.
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Fair comment. Thanks.
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14 March 2020, 10:13
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Country: UK - England
Length: 7m +
Join Date: Aug 2009
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For a geral cleaning product ive found fairey liquid power spray and a soft green abrasive pad works well combined with hot soapy water.
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14 March 2020, 10:25
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: southampton
Make: ribeye
Length: 6m +
Engine: 140 suzuki
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 338
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Others recommend TFR, but I found it the worst substance to go anywhere near tubes and plastic/vinyl seating. IMO it strips the top layer off the surface. Vinyl becomes brittle and rough.
My old tubes, which were Ribeye 'substitute' PVC where destroyed by it... OK it cleans everything really easily and the dirt falls off....but not for me.
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14 March 2020, 11:22
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Country: UK - England
Town: teesside
Boat name: magic
Make: humber 5.5
Length: 5m +
Engine: mariner 115
MMSI: 232012453
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 1,538
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Originally Posted by ribber
Others recommend TFR, but I found it the worst substance to go anywhere near tubes and plastic/vinyl seating. IMO it strips the top layer off the surface. Vinyl becomes brittle and rough.
My old tubes, which were Ribeye 'substitute' PVC where destroyed by it... OK it cleans everything really easily and the dirt falls off....but not for me.
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dries your hands out terrible as well if you are using it wear gloves
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14 March 2020, 12:18
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Durham
Boat name: Angon
Make: Narwhal
Length: 5m +
Engine: Mariner 135 outboard
Join Date: Sep 2019
Posts: 1
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I tried may products for my RIB when I bought it.
For PVC (Hypertex) tubes the best thing I found was Toolstation UPVC cleaner.
Cheap and very effective.
For stainless steel just use Autosol paste/polish.
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14 March 2020, 12:45
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Surrey
Boat name: Fandango
Make: Ballistic
Length: 6m +
Engine: Yamaha 150
MMSI: 232028101
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 182
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Uh Oh
Weve recently bought our first Rib and it needs a clean. It's not too bad but theres a bit of mildew as it's been under a tarp. Parts of the A frame have small rust coloured flecks. We're naturally eager to have it look nice as it's a new to us boat and the previous owner looked after it.
Can anyone recommend cleaning and care products please? I don't want to use anything that might damage the various bits:
Hull
Heytex tubes
Stainless steel
Outboard
Many thanks in advance ![thumbs up](https://www.rib.net/forum/images/smilies/thumbs.gif)
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August race products seem to get well recomended. I've used Blue Marine recently, because they are recomended by Orca.
I had mold under the tubes and on the grab handles - this did an excellant job of removing it: Blue Marine - Shmuffex - Tube mould remover
In future, I'll buy the chemicals and make up what I need. e.g. oxalic acid for cleaning stainless and Sodium hypochlorite/Trisodium Phosphate for mildew. Takes a bit of effort to research what's in the retails priduct, but works out a fraction of the cost.
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14 March 2020, 12:56
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: north ayrshire
Boat name: charlie girl
Make: S/R5.4/regal3760
Length: 10m +
Engine: Suzukidf70 2x6lp 315
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 3,927
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Quote:
Originally Posted by _monkey
August race products seem to get well recomended. I've used Blue Marine recently, because they are recomended by Orca.
I had mold under the tubes and on the grab handles - this did an excellant job of removing it: Blue Marine - Shmuffex - Tube mould remover
In future, I'll buy the chemicals and make up what I need. e.g. oxalic acid for cleaning stainless and Sodium hypochlorite/Trisodium Phosphate for mildew. Takes a bit of effort to research what's in the retails priduct, but works out a fraction of the cost.
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This is my approach too find the base ingredient and buy that for a fraction of the cost of a marine branded chemical. MSDS sheets are a good source of base ingredient info but you sometimes have to look on other regions of the world as it seems some countries require more specific information on their msds sheets Australia seems to be a good one to look at in many cases.
Often the proprietary ingredient names panic folk as they are often acids or other caustic sounding chemicals which counjour up images of melted tubes & disintegrated fibreglass. People forget a lot of acids are household products or plant derivatives and not harmfull at all eg citric acid acetic acid oxcalic acid
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14 March 2020, 15:24
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Waterlooville
Boat name: Tickler
Make: Halmatic P22
Length: 6m +
Engine: Inboard Diesel 240HP
MMSI: 235115642
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 1,777
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Uh Oh
Can anyone recommend cleaning and care products please? ![thumbs up](https://www.rib.net/forum/images/smilies/thumbs.gif)
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I wouldn't clean it at the moment particularly if you wear any PPE. You might cause panic.
Autosol works well on stainless.
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15 March 2020, 09:28
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Dartmoor
Boat name: Spirit of Adventure
Make: Brig
Length: 5m +
Engine: 50Hp Suzuki
Join Date: Nov 2019
Posts: 175
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Quote:
Originally Posted by beamishken
This is my approach too find the base ingredient and buy that for a fraction of the cost of a marine branded chemical. MSDS sheets are a good source of base ingredient info but you sometimes have to look on other regions of the world as it seems some countries require more specific information on their msds sheets Australia seems to be a good one to look at in many cases.
Often the proprietary ingredient names panic folk as they are often acids or other caustic sounding chemicals which counjour up images of melted tubes & disintegrated fibreglass. People forget a lot of acids are household products or plant derivatives and not harmfull at all eg citric acid acetic acid oxcalic acid
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Ta.
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15 March 2020, 09:31
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Dartmoor
Boat name: Spirit of Adventure
Make: Brig
Length: 5m +
Engine: 50Hp Suzuki
Join Date: Nov 2019
Posts: 175
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ssg
I tried may products for my RIB when I bought it.
For PVC (Hypertex) tubes the best thing I found was Toolstation UPVC cleaner.
Cheap and very effective.
For stainless steel just use Autosol paste/polish.
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Ta.
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15 March 2020, 09:34
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Dartmoor
Boat name: Spirit of Adventure
Make: Brig
Length: 5m +
Engine: 50Hp Suzuki
Join Date: Nov 2019
Posts: 175
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Quote:
Originally Posted by boristhebold
For a geral cleaning product ive found fairey liquid power spray and a soft green abrasive pad works well combined with hot soapy water.
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Boris
A lot of people refer to "hot soapy water" generically. In terms of making water soapy do you mean car shampoo please?
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15 March 2020, 16:55
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RIBnet supporter
Country: UK - England
Town: Cowes
Boat name: Clear Dawn
Make: Cormate
Length: 7m +
Engine: Verado 200
MMSI: 235924981
Join Date: Feb 2016
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Autoglym car wash and then wax works great on tubes and hull after you’ve done the major clean. I had a 1992 SR4 and the tubes were as good as new when I sold it last year.
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15 March 2020, 17:00
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Dartmoor
Boat name: Spirit of Adventure
Make: Brig
Length: 5m +
Engine: 50Hp Suzuki
Join Date: Nov 2019
Posts: 175
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ferryman
Autoglym car wash and then wax works great on tubes and hull after you’ve done the major clean. I had a 1992 SR4 and the tubes were as good as new when I sold it last year.
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Thank you.
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15 March 2020, 22:01
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RIBnet supporter
Country: UK - England
Town: Cowes
Boat name: Clear Dawn
Make: Cormate
Length: 7m +
Engine: Verado 200
MMSI: 235924981
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By the way, plus 1 for autosol, I asked the question a few weeks ago. I’d forgotten about it - it’s amazing on stainless!
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15 March 2020, 22:07
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Dartmoor
Boat name: Spirit of Adventure
Make: Brig
Length: 5m +
Engine: 50Hp Suzuki
Join Date: Nov 2019
Posts: 175
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ferryman
By the way, plus 1 for autosol, I asked the question a few weeks ago. I’d forgotten about it - it’s amazing on stainless!
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Cheers!
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15 March 2020, 22:12
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: South Yorks
Boat name: Black Pig
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: DF140a
MMSI: 235111389
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Uh Oh
Cheers! ![thumbs up](https://www.rib.net/forum/images/smilies/thumbs.gif)
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Yup, good stuff. Once you’ve got it all nice & shiny with the autosol, give it a once over with a good wax polish.
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23 March 2020, 08:22
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Gloucester
Boat name: Lunasea
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzi 140
MMSI: 232005050
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 1,993
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I don't think you can get Fairy Power Spray any more....haven't see it anywhere for ages ![sad](https://www.rib.net/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif) or am I wrong?
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23 March 2020, 09:06
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Dartmoor
Boat name: Spirit of Adventure
Make: Brig
Length: 5m +
Engine: 50Hp Suzuki
Join Date: Nov 2019
Posts: 175
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lakelandterrier
I don't think you can get Fairy Power Spray any more....haven't see it anywhere for ages ![sad](https://www.rib.net/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif) or am I wrong?
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In the end I decided to use car shampoo.
I've bought these to look after the various bits.
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