" Bob Marchese" wrote in message
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Hello Folks,

Well, in my enthusiasm I uncovered my boat too soon this season.
Consequently, the top side got covered with small leaves. The problem
is that when I washed the boat to wax it, I could not remove the leaf
stains. I tried most everything I could think of that would not
damage the gel coat. The stains remain.

Any suggestions for removal would be greatly appreciated.

Bob Marchese,
Scituate, MA

Check out meguires wax and surface cleaning solutions (search the web for
it, there are thousands of websites that have it). I haven't tried it on a
boat, but several other fiberglass things (Corvettes ((newer all fiberglass
ones)), snowmobiles, storage sheds, RV's ((with fiberglass sides)), all of
which have gelcoat/are outside in the weather/etc, and it usually works very
well for all of them. It's a bit pricey, but their multi-step surface
renewal system really works well.

Just an aside, there are certain stains that get into the gelcoat but go
away in time, you can royally damage gelcoat trying to scrub em out, best
thing I know of is prevention. Seems a coat of wax BEFORE you store anything
fiberglass, works the best. I got into the habit of clean/wax/cover/store
and it has saved a lot of work in the spring (except the snowmobile, that's
fall .