Day with the boat....not on the water

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Day with the boat....not on the water
May 12^th, 2012 at 8:29pm

Ok...since I'm waiting for my new trailer tires to come in and I can't go boating, today became wash/wax the boat day. The boat was much much dirtier than I expected it to be after last weekend on the lake.

Thought I would share some pics.
1. Getting ready
2. Lake scum
3. After waxing
4. More shine
5. All covered up...and Done!!

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Hula Boat Care Veteran Austin Boater Offline What Rocks Your Boat? Posts: 302 Lakeway, TX. Gender:	Re: Day with the boat....not on the water Reply #1 - May 12^th, 2012 at 9:40pm Looks nice g I would suggest a marine wax instead of the Kit wax you have to preserve your finish and get a lot more durability than what Kit can offer while the boat is in the water. Beautiful boat
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Jay Gadsby Lake Captain Offline Naturally Obsessed Posts: 613 Killeen TX Gender:	Re: Day with the boat....not on the water Reply #2 - May 13^th, 2012 at 2:49am Looks good! I like the addition of the window sticker on the truck. Amazing how one weekend can dirty up a boat.
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nathan Lake Admiral Offline Going Home !!!!! Posts: 2120 Leander, TX Soon Gender:	Re: Day with the boat....not on the water Reply #3 - May 13^th, 2012 at 8:31am beautiful boat. it is cool that it was painted by Mitcher-T’s paint shop they do some awesome paint jobs.
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Captain YARRR Admin Offline Doing the rain dance Posts: 2587 Round Rock, TX Gender:	Re: Day with the boat....not on the water Reply #4 - May 13^th, 2012 at 2:09pm Does your transom seem to get much dirtier than the rest of the boat too? Looks really good! I also dig the sticker If I had a truck I would happily add that blind spot.
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Re: Day with the boat....not on the water
Reply #5 - May 13^th, 2012 at 3:49pm

Captain YARRR wrote on May 13^th, 2012 at 2:09pm:

Does your transom seem to get much dirtier than the rest of the boat too? Looks really good! I also dig the sticker Wink

If I had a truck I would happily add that blind spot.

My transom does get the black stuff on it. Sometimes more and sometimes a lot less. It's hard to get off if I let it sit, so I try to clean it right after I pull the boat from the water. Spray nine works pretty well, but not perfect. The best stuff I've used was called "Transom Sauce" sold by some guys in Havasu. I don't think they make it anymore....but I have not looked recently.

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Jay Gadsby Lake Captain Offline Naturally Obsessed Posts: 613 Killeen TX Gender:	Re: Day with the boat....not on the water Reply #6 - May 13^th, 2012 at 10:23pm We need to get Hula on some "transom sauce" I have a hell of a time cleaning off my transom after a day of running hard. Break out the buffer type hell of a time.
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Hula Boat Care Veteran Austin Boater Offline What Rocks Your Boat? Posts: 302 Lakeway, TX. Gender:	Re: Day with the boat....not on the water Reply #7 - May 14^th, 2012 at 8:31pm Hey Jay I appreciate the challenge. What "stuff" are you trying to remove from the transom. If you can give me a description and perhaps post a picture I can kick up some stuff and have you test it. Be Safe John...
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Re: Day with the boat....not on the water
Reply #8 - May 14^th, 2012 at 9:47pm

I will get you a picture when I get home after a hard weekend out. Basically, my engine runs rich normally (Mercury Racing 500 EFI baby!) and leaves a ton of soot on the transom. It comes out with the water in the exhaust, sprays all over the place, then digs itself into everything on the transom. A real pain in the buttocks to clean. Normally I have to use a cleaner wax at the very least, and depending on how much I ran, I have to use the buffer sometimes to get it all off.

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LookSquirrel Austin Boater Offline Austin Boater Posts: 181 Libertyhill, TX Gender:	Re: Day with the boat....not on the water Reply #9 - May 14^th, 2012 at 11:18pm Looks good it has a deep shine
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Captain YARRR Admin Offline Doing the rain dance Posts: 2587 Round Rock, TX Gender:	Re: Day with the boat....not on the water Reply #10 - May 14^th, 2012 at 11:24pm John come to my marina and you can see it first hand
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