How To Clean Barnacles Off A Boat

Jim Montgomery asked:

I left my gunkhole in saltwater too long and ended up with an infestation of barnacles. I have scraped the barnacles off but there remains the residue of the barnacles all over the lesser (17.5ft. Seaswirl). I am assuming that your boat bottom cleaning material volition remove the residue, however, my trailer has rollers and I want to brand sure the chemicals are prophylactic for the rollers. Also, aforementioned questions for your bottom coating.

Volition your bottom coating material protect the lesser in salt water?

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IN SUMMARY, here are the steps to Clean and Remove the Barnacle Rings on fiberglass Gunkhole:

Note: These products will not harm the safety or polyurethane rollers simply are corrosive to metal and can damage the paint on your trailer

1. Lift the boat off the trailer. Nosotros accept provided a detailed step on how to practice this here
2. Y'all can either utilise Algae Strip or Green Genie depending on your situation. Please cheque the IN MORE Particular section below.
3. Utilize Algae Strip or Green Genie with a pigment roller. Alternatively, you lot tin can spray with Green Genie .
iv. Allow to piece of work for 45 minutes.
5. Scrape the Barnacle Rings off with a plastic or wooden scraper.
vi. Foreclose this from happening again by applying VS721 to protect the bottom coat of the boat

IN MORE Particular:

Y'all have two choices for this chore; Industrial Strength Algae Strip and Dark-green Genie . Both will practice the same job but Light-green Genie is easier to work with equally it is not fuming and uses salt instead of acid to do the work. Both are environment friendly. The difference is that Green Genie takes a bit longer to piece of work which can be an advantage equally the longer you let the chemical soak into the adhesive rings, the easier they volition be to remove.

The technique is to lift the boat off the trailer ( you tin observe instructions for doing this Hither ), protect the trailer with plastic sheets, Apply Algae Strip or Greenish Genie with a pigment roller or Dark-green Genie is safe to spray. Allow to work: 30 minutes for Algae Strip , 45 minutes for Green Genie . This volition soften the rings so you can hands scrape them off with a plastic or wooden scraper and rinse clean. These products will not damage the rubber or polyurethane rollers but are corrosive to metal and tin damage the paint on your trailer.

Next deep make clean and prep the gelcoat with Gunkhole Scrub and then apply the VS721 bottom coat. VS721 volition work in both common salt and fresh water providing that you keep the slime off. Bacterial slime is food for algae and barnacles. This is accomplished past using the boat on a regular basis so the h2o rushing against the hull will go along it off, past getting into the h2o and wiping it off with a sponge or pulling information technology up on the trailer from time to time to wipe it down and relaunching. VS721 volition also seal the pores in the gelcoat to protect your lesser against Osmosis Blisters or Boat Pox.

VS721 makes your gunkhole much easier to maintain. Salt h2o can easily be rinsed off with a garden hose and other clay and grime can be easily wiped away. It'due south super slippery surface is also proven to increase performance and reduce fuel consumption.

Thanks for your question,

Helm Aurora
Richard Kittar