Meguiars is the go-to brand for almost all detailing supplies for any type of vehicle. Next, we have a product from everyone’s favorite detailing company: Meguiars. The Star Brite EZ-On EZ-Off Hull Cleaner is available in 32 oz and 128 oz bottles. Try it on your deck, in your baitwells, and inside your storage compartments. It’s safe to use, and perfect for cleaning more than just your hull too. This allows it to deliver fast and aggressive cleaning results without harming the environment. Since it’s made for marine applications and needs to be environmentally sound, the acid has been buffered. To do that, it uses an active hydrochloric acid to cut through the grease and grime. This formula has been specially engineered to tackle the dirtiest parts of your boat: the hull, particularly the bottom of it. This is the EZ-On EZ-Off Hull Cleaner: a powerful solution that cuts through grime, bringing your hull back to life in no time at all. The brand makes all kinds of useful products, from heavy duty boat brushes to specially formulated polishes, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise to see one of their boat washes on the list. Star Brite is a popular manufacturer of marine detailing products. To make sure you don’t damage your boat’s hull, we’ve compiled a list of the best boat cleaners on the market, with a useful buying guide to make sure you purchase the right boat cleaner for your needs. Unlike automobiles, motorcycles, and other vehicles, boats are covered with a gel coat rather than a clear coat, and this makes them ill-suited to automotive cleaning products or anything else you might have in your cupboard. And you can’t just use any old household product either. For example, a fiberglass hull will need a different product to a vinyl hull.

Different hull types require different, specialist products. Unfortunately, there isn’t one magic cleaning solution that will work wonders for all boats. Having the right product that can cut through the grime will protect your boat and extend its lifespan. Boat hulls have to endure constant contact with seawater, layers of oil and gasoline, and all manner of aquatic life that like to call a hull home. Since boat hulls are exposed to some seriously harsh elements and weather conditions, they’re always in need of a bit of TLC. These cleaning products are specially formulated to thoroughly clean your boat’s hull and other exposed sections, without causing any damage, and removing potentially harmful dirt and debris at the same time. I presently have some Mequiar's FLAGSHIP PREMIUM Marine Wax that I plan to apply before next season.If you want to keep your boat in ship shape condition then you should invest in a dedicated boat cleaner product. Has been very effective and never caused any damage. I've usually used Kitten Hull Cleaner, an acidic type cleaner that I brush on, leave for 15 miniutes or so and brush / rinse off, crawling around ander the trailer. Re the original post about cleaning, for the 14 years I've had ski boats, I've had to do some serious cleaning after each season when the Murray River has left awful brown stains in the gelcoat. Seems to be little practical evidence of problems with those products. If there was any, significant deteriment in using these products, there would surely be a swathe of examples posted here of damage to boats.

Clearly there are myriad owners who use all manner of automotive waxes on some very well looked after, expensive boats and there do not seem to be any horror stories. I used automotive polish and wax products a few times on my old Gilflite with no ill effect. He gave me some of the commercial fibreglass polish that he uses and it was effective but hard work. His philosophy is definitely not to use automotive type waxes and polishes on gelcoat. I spoke a year or so ago to a bloke who runs a boat maintenace facility and who does a lot of fibreglass repair work.

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