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Aloha @Dixie Highway I tried magic eraser, CLR, 409, Simple Green, and even Just Dawn Soap and elbow grease. It seams to go away mostly but I still see a slight orange haze. It’s from rust under my captains chair wires underneath. I guess from the saltwater use and me sitting on it with the bolster up and in a soaked wetsuit, the saltwater runs onto the wires underneath. And even though I wash it and rinse it good when washing boat it still rusted. Now I have it dripping rusty water onto the deck of boat and staining the gel coat
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Mahalo(thank u) @Dixie Highway I’ll try that.
Anything with oxalic acid.Aloha @Geoff Cooper I know this is a super old thread, but this works great on the gel coat and the vinyl? I was just going to start a new thread and seen this one. Can anybody else chime in that has a good way to remove rust stains. I’ve never heard of this stuff, and probably not available in Hawaii lol, but I’ll give it a look. Any more help would be greatly appreciated.
Aloha my brother @swatski I knew u would chime in with ur wisdom. Do u have an example of a product that has this in it?
STarbrite is good for the hull. Barkeepers friend is the bomb.
Ok I’ll get me some of that, what do u think I can do about the captain seat. Would I need to sand it all down and paint it? Figure if I can get rid of the cause of the rust stains would be best. Does anybody else have this problem.
If you can;t get those out with oxalic acid cleaner right away I would leave it on maybe a bit longer, but that maybe too much, and then soak in 303AP. I don't know if I would go any further, once you bleach you open more pores and weaken the material, especially seams.
At that point let the sun take care of it. I swear enough time in the sun and any stain will go away.
HiAloha @Geoff Cooper I know this is a super old thread, but this works great on the gel coat and the vinyl? I was just going to start a new thread and seen this one. Can anybody else chime in that has a good way to remove rust stains. I’ve never heard of this stuff, and probably not available in Hawaii lol, but I’ll give it a look. Any more help would be greatly appreciated.
A lot of supermarkets stock it also, I found it in Vietnam Philippeans it should be available in most Supermarkets, Keep me posted it's easy to use and doesn't damage anything, It's a highly concentrated soap for washing dishes.
Aloha @Geoff Cooper I know this is a super old thread, but this works great on the gel coat and the vinyl? I was just going to start a new thread and seen this one. Can anybody else chime in that has a good way to remove rust stains. I’ve never heard of this stuff, and probably not available in Hawaii lol, but I’ll give it a look. Any more help would be greatly appreciated.
www.wholesalemarine.com
Yes yes @Dixie Highway I’m going to remove the seats and sand down the springs and spray them with some paint. Don’t know what kind yet but some type of rust resistant paint. I’ve been holding off the SeaDek install cause don’t want that to get stained either. Then clean and remove rust stains on the deck gel coat, install Seadek and chairs. Well that’s the plan...
