Cleaning Shore Power Cables
 

I have a set of grungy looking yellow 50 amp cables that I'd like to
clean up.

Does anyone know of a good cleaning product and/or technique short of
going out and buying new ones?

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:03:12 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

I have a set of grungy looking yellow 50 amp cables that I'd like to
clean up.

Does anyone know of a good cleaning product and/or technique short of
going out and buying new ones?

I'm telling you, this stuff is the best. Beats 409, Green Stuff,
Armor All - anything.

http://www.303products.com/main.php?...ge=spotremover

Later,

Tom

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 19:05:26 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:03:12 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

I have a set of grungy looking yellow 50 amp cables that I'd like to
clean up.

Does anyone know of a good cleaning product and/or technique short of
going out and buying new ones?

I'm telling you, this stuff is the best. Beats 409, Green Stuff,
Armor All - anything.

http://www.303products.com/main.php?...ge=spotremover

Whoopsie - wrong one.

http://www.303products.com/main.php?...rospacecleaner

Got a little carried away there. My bad. :)

Later,

Tom

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:03:12 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

I have a set of grungy looking yellow 50 amp cables that I'd like to
clean up.

Does anyone know of a good cleaning product and/or technique short of
going out and buying new ones?

Mineral spirits on a rag, if it's grease and oil. Soap and water if
it's dirt.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
I have a set of grungy looking yellow 50 amp cables that I'd like to
clean up.

Does anyone know of a good cleaning product and/or technique short of
going out and buying new ones?

Acetone works pretty good.

Wayne.B wrote:
I have a set of grungy looking yellow 50 amp cables that I'd like to
clean up.

Does anyone know of a good cleaning product and/or technique short of
going out and buying new ones?

Try Oxi-Clean. We use it on a lot of stuff around the boat and had no
trouble with any kind of plastic. Don't get it on varnish or natural
wood, though.

Fair Skies
Doug King

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
I have a set of grungy looking yellow 50 amp cables that I'd like to
clean up.

Does anyone know of a good cleaning product and/or technique short of
going out and buying new ones?

I wonder if soaking them overnight
in a bucket of any of the solutions
already mentioned might help loosen
up the grunge so you have less work.

I realize it might need to be a big bucket -
or a couple of them...

"Gary Warner" wrote in message
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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
I have a set of grungy looking yellow 50 amp cables that I'd like to
clean up.

Does anyone know of a good cleaning product and/or technique short of
going out and buying new ones?

I wonder if soaking them overnight
in a bucket of any of the solutions
already mentioned might help loosen
up the grunge so you have less work.

I realize it might need to be a big bucket -
or a couple of them...



You could not do it with the acetone. Acetone causes the surface to become
sticky when just rubbing it on lightly with a rag. Soaking the cable in
acetone might cause some serious damage to the insulation.

"JimH" writes:

Acetone works pretty good.

It is self defeating to use acetone since it also removes the plasticizer
and with in a very short time, you have an even bigger mess on your hands.

Never found a solution I liked, just learned to live with it.

Lew

I have used 3M General Purpose Adhesive Remover on paper towels, but it
takes a fair amount of work. It did last for a year or two before needing it
again.

Tsailor

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
I have a set of grungy looking yellow 50 amp cables that I'd like to
clean up.

Does anyone know of a good cleaning product and/or technique short of
going out and buying new ones?