The Boating Forum - "The Works" works

went to wallmart and got me a bottle of works toilet cleaner to try and remove the yellow water line that looked impossible to be removed. applied it a little sponge i had and work oen area at a time. waited no more than a minute and pressure washed it off. after i did the whole boat i rewashed it, to get it ready for some compound. I didn't have enough of time to polish and wax but glad i did what i needed to do, (new bilge, washdown pump, ) and getting rid of the water line.

This stuff works but is nasty, I smelled it in my nose all day, without gloves i dont think i would have any skin left on my hands.

here's a pic of when i picked up the boat and then after cleaning

http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo135/Atlvwvortex/Wellcraft%20210/photo.jpg

http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo135/Atlvwvortex/Wellcraft%20210/boatwash3.jpg

Looks great, just don't get it in your trailer.

dont get it on your stainless, it works great been using for a few years now, dont let too much get into the ground

dont get it on your stainless, it works great been using for a few years now, dont let too much get into the ground

i got it on a cooper drain plug and it changed it's color :grin:

Sodium Hydroxide, right?

Sodium Hydroxide, right?

something like that :sleeping:

Mix it 50-50 in a spray bottle with water. Works just as well as full strength and doesnt burn as bad.

There are at least 3 or 4 different types of The Works bathroom cleaners--Toilet--Tub and Tile--Bathroom Sinks--etc, and they run the range of acids in each, from mild to fairly caustic. Be careful what you use, and breath. I think the one with Oxalic acid, which is in most of the commercial hull cleaners, is the one you want. A lot more user friendly than the hydrochloric in their toilet bowl cleaner.

Try Zep Toilet Bowl Cleaner from Home Depot. It is a thicker, more clingy formula that stays where you put it much better than The Works. It doesn't drip as badly, and it doesn't burn the skin as badly. It does work more slowly. I typically leave it on for 10 minutes or so. But I get the same end results.

if you have any rust on stainless put a little on it scrub it then rinse right away have tried this and works

Try Zep Toilet Bowl Cleaner from Home Depot. It is a thicker, more clingy formula that stays where you put it much better than The Works. .

Definitely will try that next she needs a big scrub. :thumbsup:

Its all the same as muriatic acid you can get from the pool supply store for $4 a gallon. Just mix it 50/50 or even weaker in a garden sprayed and hose it on, agitate with a brush to spread evenly, and hose it off. Wet your trailer down first and the ground to dillute whatever drips off.

Oxycalic, hydrchloric, muriatic, all derivatives of the same acid. Muriatic acid from the pool store is already dilluted some also.