tuffyluffy 76 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 For those of you in Auckland, how are you cleaning your decks and topsides without using fresh water? We usually give the boat a good soapy scrub this time of year with plenty of fresh water and a hose, but with the water restrictions in Akl we'll need to use seawater. So question is, is there a decent saltwater detergent that we should use? or what are others doing to stay presentable? Thx muchly Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chariot 244 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Maybe a bit of salt water shampoo in a bucket then rinse off with fresh water. Use fresh water from your tank. Who's to know it's fresh water? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aardvarkash10 1,056 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 wait for rain. Scrub then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 "Quickest way to rot a wooden boat is to wash with Fresh water. " Washing any boat type in fresh water is not essential. I wouldn't worry about it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Adrianp 121 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Two options I've recently done I recently hooked up out water blaster to the salt water deck wash pump and gave the boat a good washdown - worked mint and the next lot of rain washed the salt all away. Hopped in the dinghy and cleaned up the waterline too, which is a good way to do it when you have 180ft of dirty waterline (44ft cat). We recently hauled out and wanted to wash the boat down in the yard - so we took our own water to the yard in a 250L plastic barrel on our dinghy trailer. We have a 10,000 rainwater tank at home, so heaps of water there. Lasted about a hour of waterblasting. I might do this next time I need to give the boat a good washdown on the mooring, just take the full water barrel out in the dinghy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Adrianp 121 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Salt water blasted waterline - before and after (well, front couple of meters). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,278 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 make sure to rinse the waterblaster. Some people have used waterblaster pumps to make DIY watermakers. They go for 1-2 years b4 they fail due to corrosion.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tuffyluffy 76 Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 Thanks for the input all, for some reason i never knew salt water boat soap existed! Looks like a trip to Bursco and some elbow grease are on the adgenda this weekend. BTW Wheels, shes 42ft of Comalcos finest, barely a timber fibre in sight 😎 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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