Water & Vinegar

pilot_ryder · Posted: May 15, 2007 4:13 pm Post subject: Water & Vinegar

what ratio do you use for the water vinegar solution for your boats?

cwaker4 · Soul Rider Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 465 City: Gilroy

3 parts water to 1 part vinager seems to work well.

JeffR · Addict Joined: 07 Apr 2006 Posts: 608 City: Victoria, BC

where do you use the water vinegar soln?

jlaws · Addict Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 832 City: NC

excuse my ignorance but what exactly do you use this for?

garveyj · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 877 City: Savage, MN

it can be used to help remove the grime line on a boat if you have one.

kmagnuss · Posted: May 15, 2007 5:53 pm Post subject:

And gets rid of water spots.

jlaws · Addict Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 832 City: NC

oh i don't have any of those :$

boarditup · Addict Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 731 City: Allendale, MI

Here is my mix in a 16 oz spray bottle.

About 1 oz Jet Dry
About 2 oz Zip Wax
Rest Vinegear. Mix gently.

Takes off grime, waterspots, dries great, gentle on wax. Real cheap. Smells bad, hard on eyes for overspray.

oshensurfer · Posted: May 16, 2007 7:32 am Post subject:

boarditup, Never thought of using Jet Dry. What color boat do you have.

Mine is all black and I use 50/50 ratio after each dip.

pet575 · Posted: May 17, 2007 6:49 am Post subject:

I've always been told that vinegar REMOVES wax. If that is true, how is it "gentle on wax"? Does it not really remove it?

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Hangtime · Outlaw Joined: 14 Aug 2003 Posts: 160 City: Concord

I've been using 1:4 ratio (vinegar:deionized water), but I'm going to bump that up to 1:3 this year because the water spots were not coming off as easily as I'd like.

More MSDS info: vinegar is acetic acid -- which is a weak acid. It can be used safely to clean almost everything on your boat. There are whole books available dedicated to cleaning with vinegar.

boarditup · Addict Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 731 City: Allendale, MI

Waxes are removed by bases, not acids. The Zip Wax seems to keep the wax fairly fresh.

I had a black boat, now a red, next is dark blue.

This has not been scietifically tested and I will make no warranty. I use it. It works for me.

wakeboardcamp · Soul Rider Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Posts: 496 City: Halifax

hmmm good to know!

a lot cheaper than buying solutions that often don't work as well as you want them to.

nickl011 · Posted: May 19, 2007 9:46 am Post subject:

Mothers car wax seems to work just fine for us. Smells pretty good too.

irish_rider · Soul Rider Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 257 City: Dublin

sounds good.

Dont have those exact products over here so could someone tell me what each of them are so i could find my equivalent

Brit Rider · Posted: May 20, 2007 2:39 pm Post subject:

you don't have water and vinegar? What do you put on the spuds? Razz

hehe just kidding Laughing

david-d · Guest

such a waste of time and energy... Rolling Eyes

gene3x · Addict Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 759 City: Dallas

Anyone else wanna give their 2 cents on wether the vinager solution strips the wax off. It seems to on mine but don't know that much about it.
Also it seems that Vinager, jet Dry, & wax mixture would get a little messy.

irish_rider · Soul Rider Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 257 City: Dublin

we use cilit bang to clean the boat.

NautiGarrett · Newbie Joined: 19 Jun 2006 Posts: 25

50/50