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ed_spengeman
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Initially Posted - 05/18/2006 :  11:20:55  Show Profile
I have a 1983 boat. Somewhat porous deck. What do you guys use to remove this stuff?
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JB
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Response Posted - 05/18/2006 :  12:15:52  Show Profile
I use Simple Green or Soft Scrub if the're stubborn. We had a bad row with birds last season and now we hang up those flags you see on car lots to discourage them. It seems to work.
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djn
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Response Posted - 05/18/2006 :  13:32:37  Show Profile
You can also hang old CDs, the reflect light really well and flap in the slightest breeze. Cheers.
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 05/18/2006 :  14:09:52  Show Profile
A little toilet bowl cleaner might work.
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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 05/18/2006 :  16:48:25  Show Profile
I used the CD approch, seems to work pretty good. I hang a couple off the boom when I'm away. I use a old snap on the end of the string so I can take them off easy when I get back down to the boat.
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OJ
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Response Posted - 05/18/2006 :  20:43:15  Show Profile
You probably won't be able to remove the stains - mother nature, i.e., the sun, will take care of those.
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sweetcraft
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Response Posted - 05/18/2006 :  23:40:03  Show Profile
Have had luck with bird netting with ties which goes up quickly and packs in a bag for storage. This keeps the mess down and use water and brush then cleaner/wax to get the stain off. Have also used SS wire with 2 inch cut pieces of shroud cover installed on mast head and above spreaders. Also stay away from boats that attract birds. I launch tomorrow for the season and in a new slip that will test all my efforts. Good luck to us all.
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byh2os
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Response Posted - 05/19/2006 :  08:36:11  Show Profile
Try Roll-Off. It's sold at West Marine. Gteat stuff! Even takes off spider spots. - Bill
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PamC
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Response Posted - 05/19/2006 :  09:19:49  Show Profile
We got a kite in the shape of an osprey and ran it up the flag line. We got it at a Wild Birds Unlimited store. It's one that you can just fly from a post in your yard like a wind sock I guess. It was more successful for us than the various reflective stuff we tied on. Someone else on the lake tried a Canadian goose kite, but I don't think it was quite as successful. Not a bird of prey afterall "Oscar", as we've named him, looks like an Osprey hovering over the boat.
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