Cleaning hull on aluminum boats question

Anyone have a magic potion for removing water line stains from aluminum boats. i have a Tracker pro crappie 175. Thanks

i also have a tracker and once a year i get some toon-brite from r&w marine. its like 13 bucks works great very lil scrubbing needed it gets all the oxidation(sp) off the boat looks good when you are done but it can kill your grass i found out the hard way.

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...

[url]http://www.pontoon.net/fusetalk/forum/categories.cfm?catid=28&entercat=y[/url]

hey there whats up man catchin any crappie at taylorsville witcha

Toon Brite is best product out there when applied correctly. Just be sure to wear gloves and follow the instructions. I've seen boats come back after the application looking new. We actually had a guy do half his boat and drive it to our store to show us, he was so amazed at it's results.

matt

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.

Regards,

Moose1am

I've used toon brite on my pontoons and it works great. But I thought it smelled familiar. I opened a gallon of muritic acid and it smelled the same. I tried it with the same results. Spray it on and wash it off. At a quarter the price.

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.

Matt

Go over to the Nitroowners website and I'll fill ya' in on polishing and applying Sharkhide...you'll never look back.
Mine has been on my 02' Tracker for over 4 years now and everyone asks me how did I order a "chrome" boat!:7

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.

I have found 2 products that are cheaper that do the same job. Acid Air Conditioning coil cleaner and "The Works" toilet bowl cleaner. You can get the A/C coil cleaner from HVAC dealer around $8/gal we dilute it 50/50 with water and you can get "The works" at Wal Mart or some other stores for $1/pint. Check [URL=https://www.weeklyads2.com/costco/]Costco Ad[/URL] and [URL=https://www.weeklyads2.com/hobby-lobby/]Hobby Lobby Ad[/URL]. Our local dollar store has it!

read the directions for toon brite on their website about how to do it....it works the same way.

You also need to protect the aluminum after cleaning or it will darken as the aluminum oxidizes. Someone mentioned sharkhide and that will do the job.

Good Luck

swh supply sells it in spray bottles works perfectly and it is very inexpensive

Don't use acid cleaners...it'll just turn white.
Polish it and Sharkhide it.
Go to Sharkhide.com and check out my ride in the testimonials:-)