who cleans with bleach?

[anglersedgemarine]

Originally Posted by tomfl

I use bleach after every trip and wouldn't do without it. To be more specific, Soft Scrub with bleach. I like it because of the mild scrubbing grit and the bleach.

Bleach cleans any natural mess such as blood, guts, fish slime, etc. Obviously it also disinfects.

Simple green or similar degreasers will clean any man made type of mess on the boat.

Get the deck moist, squirt a little Soft Scrub with bleach around, scrub with your soft bristled deck brush and let the bleach to the work for a minute or two. Rinse off thoroughly.

Been doing it for 5+ years on many boats with no issues to the paint/gelcoat/vinyl upholstery.

-T

This is exactly what I do.

[Glen E]

I did not have good luck with soft scrub - after 3 years of using it on my donzi non skid, I had a floor that chalked very easily. I used the non grit soft scrub gel after that on other boats with better luck.

[Mr. Demeanor]

Water, Bleach and Simple Green makes a great blood, squid, etc. remover.

[islanderking]

I use it for my deck and fish wells. excellent blood cleaning.

[flying bridge]

i like to mix small amount on the deck after i ve sprayed the deck with water...take a brush and spread it...leave it...the sun does the rest of the work...been doing that for over 10 years...bring your sunglasses when u get back to the boat! ;-)

[nickmo]

I would like to not use it, but nothing I've tried gets rid of blood and fish slime. I use it after every trip.

[Back-in-Black]

Been using it on this boat for 10+ years. Mix it into my soap and water when I clean the interior / fish boxes / bilge. As others have said, it lifts fish blood and goo very well and if you let the soapy mix sit a few minutes in the sun before rinsing, it removes most stains. I don't use it on the exterior or the motors. Not even necessary since the outside doesn't gets messed up with blood and goo like the deck does.

Wouldn't be so keen about using anything with grit in it though. I have a friend who uses Comet (or something like it) on his boat. Looks like it's been sanded with 80 grit.

[steve a59]

I have always used it full strength using a squirt bottle and on a 25' boat by the time I apply I rinse off. Never a problem although on the white engine cover it once made them temporarily turn a reddish color. I quickly washed off and in a day the reddish fade was gone. Never understood what happened but the covers just get the brush now.

[Captjohn22]

Originally Posted by bellsisland

A good alternative to bleach is hydrogen peroxide, when bleach drys it leaves the harmfull chemicals behind, when hydrogen perioxide dries it leave water behind.

Try it.

I use it in the builge, A/C drip pans and shower sump. Put some in the water tank if it gets that funkey smell. Chlorine bleach can eat stainless steel. Soft scrub wares down the gelcoat.

[Bucknuter]

Originally Posted by Glen E

I use a $40 Gilmour foam gun on my bilge from amazon. The soloution that it sprays is Dawn soap and 20% bleach. I open up the heart of my bilge and spray the whole bilge in foam...let it sit for 5-10 min and the flood with fresh water and rinse thoroughly. My bilge looks like the day I took delivery of the boat and has for 7 years...works perfectly on fish boxes and rope lockers too...and you can do it with a cold drink in your hand...

Just bought it off amazon...thanks for the idea

[Glen E]

Originally Posted by Bucknuter

Just bought it off amazon...thanks for the idea

good sudsmaker in the gun for up top:

www.smoovewax.com