[Rhodes22-list] Deck cleaning.

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

Rummy,

FYI, I just installed a West 3.4gpm washdown pump in the laz, with an intake hose extended under the port seat, washdown hose under the stbd seat with spray nozzle, 14' 10 ga for hookup to the battery thru a 15 amp circuit breaker as a switch.  Works like a charm and easier than hoisting a bucket while on the water.  I suggest as a positive option to all.  Aqualand Marina does not allow use of boat water for washing the boat, so I dip the intake into a 5gal water container.

Re cover for the Cap'n Seat, I'll have to gaze at yours at some point -I just don't have a good picture about how they fit.  We don't want Cap'n Bob getting too much UV, you or me either!

I didn't get Elle's picture, so attachments via the board seem out of kilter for me.

Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: R22RumRunner at aol.com
>Sent: Jun 18, 2007 7:51 AM
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Deck cleaning.
>
>Capt. Bob recently told me about his method of applying mean green to his  
>decks and I recently tried it. Mean Green is a powerful cleaner, but pulling the 
> trigger handle on a small bottle becomes tiresome after a while. I filled a  
>small, cheap garden sprayer with Mean Green, spayed the entire deck including 
> the cockpit and floors. I let sit for about fifteen minutes or until it 
>showed  signs of drying and then used a pressure washer to blast away the dirt. I 
>used  about half of the soap in the sprayer. 
>The entire cleaning took less than thirty minutes and the boat shines like  
>new. Bob had tried this method, but with out the pressure washer and had a hard 
> time getting rid of soap suds. The pressure washer blasts everything away  
>including any residual soap without having to manually scrub the decks. It  
>removed everything from bird doo doo to spider crap. Spider crap is always the  
>toughest.
> 
>Rummy
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