Gelcoat Maple tree stains
 

Spent a nice day on a coworkers 26' Macgreger Sailboat.
Beautiful boat except it recently was stored under a tree
and has horrible sap stains all over it.
He says he has tried everything. Today I tried Xtreme hull cleaner, a
product I found worked really well on waterline scum ,basically an acid, it
didnt work at all.
Any suggestions? Magic potions? Grammas old recipies?
Thanks in advance.
RK
Lake Simcoe
Ontario Canada

Gelcoat Maple tree stains
 

"Doobie" wrote in message
5.104...
Spent a nice day on a coworkers 26' Macgreger Sailboat.
Beautiful boat except it recently was stored under a tree
and has horrible sap stains all over it.
He says he has tried everything. Today I tried Xtreme hull cleaner, a
product I found worked really well on waterline scum ,basically an acid,
it
didnt work at all.
Any suggestions? Magic potions? Grammas old recipies?
Thanks in advance.
RK
Lake Simcoe
Ontario Canada


Go to a paint store and pick up some Oxalic Acid crystals. Used for
bleaching wood but also works on gelcoat. It's what's in the stain remover
FSR and a heck of a lot cheaper.

Make certain you rinse well once it's done it's thing.

jps

Gelcoat Maple tree stains
 

Something that I have been able to use on car, boat, canoe, anything is
Rapid Tap. I'm not sure where you can get it from but it's used for tapping
threads in pipe and steel. It works and doesn't damage the paint, gelcoat
or materials.... plus it's cheap.

Good Luck!


"Doobie" wrote in message
5.104...
Spent a nice day on a coworkers 26' Macgreger Sailboat.
Beautiful boat except it recently was stored under a tree
and has horrible sap stains all over it.
He says he has tried everything. Today I tried Xtreme hull cleaner, a
product I found worked really well on waterline scum ,basically an acid,
it
didnt work at all.
Any suggestions? Magic potions? Grammas old recipies?
Thanks in advance.
RK
Lake Simcoe
Ontario Canada

Gelcoat Maple tree stains
 

IF it is infact sap... if it's something else I don't know how it will
work... it may still work...

I know for sure it removes the lumps of sap...


"M.E." wrote in message
...
Something that I have been able to use on car, boat, canoe, anything is
Rapid Tap. I'm not sure where you can get it from but it's used for
tapping
threads in pipe and steel. It works and doesn't damage the paint, gelcoat
or materials.... plus it's cheap.

Good Luck!


"Doobie" wrote in message
5.104...
Spent a nice day on a coworkers 26' Macgreger Sailboat.
Beautiful boat except it recently was stored under a tree
and has horrible sap stains all over it.
He says he has tried everything. Today I tried Xtreme hull cleaner, a
product I found worked really well on waterline scum ,basically an acid,
it
didnt work at all.
Any suggestions? Magic potions? Grammas old recipies?
Thanks in advance.
RK
Lake Simcoe
Ontario Canada

Gelcoat Maple tree stains
 

I believe it is although I'm not too sure... all I know is I have a couple
cans of it at home here that work great! I'm curious about that now and
will have to look into it.

Mike


"Steve P." wrote in message
...
I can't vouch for how well this stuff would work on sap but I am going to
guess that you would be referring to the "Original Formula" Rapid tap as
opposed to the "New" formula. The original was mostly
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
while the new is mostly mineral oil. At one time most tapping fluids were
1,1,1-Trichloroethane based but I believe that the chemical itself can no
longer be made in the US because it is ozone depleting.

Steve P.

"M.E." wrote in message
...
Something that I have been able to use on car, boat, canoe, anything is
Rapid Tap. I'm not sure where you can get it from but it's used for
tapping
threads in pipe and steel. It works and doesn't damage the paint,
gelcoat
or materials.... plus it's cheap.

Good Luck!


"Doobie" wrote in message
5.104...
Spent a nice day on a coworkers 26' Macgreger Sailboat.
Beautiful boat except it recently was stored under a tree
and has horrible sap stains all over it.
He says he has tried everything. Today I tried Xtreme hull cleaner, a
product I found worked really well on waterline scum ,basically an
acid,
it
didnt work at all.
Any suggestions? Magic potions? Grammas old recipies?
Thanks in advance.
RK
Lake Simcoe
Ontario Canada

Gelcoat Maple tree stains
 

Try FSR. It's a blue gel with oxalic acid in it... has always worked for me.

--


Keith
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Men are from Earth. Women are from Earth. Get used to it.
"M.E." wrote in message
...
I believe it is although I'm not too sure... all I know is I have a couple
cans of it at home here that work great! I'm curious about that now and
will have to look into it.

Mike


"Steve P." wrote in message
...
I can't vouch for how well this stuff would work on sap but I am going
to
guess that you would be referring to the "Original Formula" Rapid tap as
opposed to the "New" formula. The original was mostly
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
while the new is mostly mineral oil. At one time most tapping fluids
were
1,1,1-Trichloroethane based but I believe that the chemical itself can
no
longer be made in the US because it is ozone depleting.

Steve P.

"M.E." wrote in message
...
Something that I have been able to use on car, boat, canoe, anything
is
Rapid Tap. I'm not sure where you can get it from but it's used for
tapping
threads in pipe and steel. It works and doesn't damage the paint,
gelcoat
or materials.... plus it's cheap.

Good Luck!


"Doobie" wrote in message
5.104...
Spent a nice day on a coworkers 26' Macgreger Sailboat.
Beautiful boat except it recently was stored under a tree
and has horrible sap stains all over it.
He says he has tried everything. Today I tried Xtreme hull cleaner,
a
product I found worked really well on waterline scum ,basically an
acid,
it
didnt work at all.
Any suggestions? Magic potions? Grammas old recipies?
Thanks in advance.
RK
Lake Simcoe
Ontario Canada