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Oscar
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Initially Posted - 10/08/2003 : 20:56:31

Maybe I'm the only one with this problem, maybe everyone already knows the solution, but you never know, so here it goes:

Since delivery the lifelines on Lady Kay have been covered in a scaly sticky tenacious boogerage. Like they were done with the skin of some exotic (endangered?) reptile...<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

Everytime I opened a potion or a lotion I tried some on the lifelines to see if it would get the crud off...nothing worked, untill today I hit paydirt.

ACETONE

Nice wet soggy (don't be bashful) paper towel of acetone gets it right off. After that the line feels tacky, but only for about five minutes. Then some wax on them and they're better than new!

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Oscar
250WB#618 Lady Kay on the Chesapeake
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Edited by - Oscar on 10/08/2003 20:58:25

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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 10/08/2003 : 21:11:40

They'll very likely be cracking after a few of those treatments. Acetone leaches out the "plasitcizers" that make plastics like vinyl pliable. That's why they're "sticky" afterward. Something like 3M Fiberglass Restorer may be better--a combination of mild solvents, mild abrasives, and wax.

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT

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Oscar
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Response Posted - 10/08/2003 : 21:17:21

Set straight by the MMC........Darn. I knew it was too easy...<img src=icon_smile_dissapprove.gif border=0 align=middle>

Hopefully the wax I put on will keep the crud from adhering and I won't have to do it again.

Oscar
250WB#618 Lady Kay on the Chesapeake
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Edited by - Oscar on 10/08/2003 21:19:07

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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 10/08/2003 : 21:22:37

Sorry, Oscar... I don't like that MMC tag--I "consult" for a living. My other problem is I post too much! <img src=icon_smile_blush.gif border=0 align=middle>

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT

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Oscar
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Response Posted - 10/08/2003 : 21:26:41

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>My other problem is I post too much! <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>

Tell me about it. I'll be tagged before long here myself. Now I'm going to do radio. 11-1....http://www.wdiy.org

Any requests?

Oscar
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OJ
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Response Posted - 10/08/2003 : 21:44:32

Now that you've got the sticky stuff off, for periodic cleaning I've had great results with No. 7 Polishing Compound used with a ScotchBrite pad.

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 10/08/2003 : 22:12:37

Tell me about it. I'll be tagged before long here myself. Now I'm going to do radio. 11-1....http://www.wdiy.org

Any requests?

Oscar
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Cool, I very nearly got a job doing all night jazz on the week ends at one of our local NPRs. It didn't work out but I know it would have been great fun. I'm just sure that me being a Republican had nothing to do with the way things worked out.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

<img src="http://members.cox.net/fhopper/Catalina25/sigbow.jpg" border=0>Frank and Martha in Wichita KS. Lake Cheney

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Oscar
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Response Posted - 10/08/2003 : 22:19:35

All our programmers are volunteers. And politically they are from all sides of the aisle....and then some that don't fit anywhere. <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> We try to keep to the music, and leave the politiking to the professionals.

Oscar
250WB#618 Lady Kay on the Chesapeake
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bren737
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Response Posted - 10/08/2003 : 23:02:16

Oscar, et al,

A fine grade steel wool pad dipped into a solution of water and 'Simple Green' (50/50, maybe a little stronger) takes the "boogerage" off very easily with only light rubbing. No sticky mess afterward.

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Bren Peterson
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frich
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Response Posted - 10/09/2003 : 07:42:11

Oscar

I mentioned last year that i used acetone on my rub rails, same results. All the black comes right off I then hit it with some paste wax and they are as good as new.

as you mentioned the trick is to put enough acetone on the towel so as not to rub hard!!

And PS my rub rails have not cracked or anything and it has been 6 months since i did this

Frank R
84 C25 sk

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Gloss
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Response Posted - 10/09/2003 : 08:04:27

Here's another tip. For paper towels I buy those blue shop towel paper towels. You can get them at an auto parts store, or by the case at sams. They don't come apart like regular paper towels.

Frank Gloss
89WK/TR

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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 10/09/2003 : 19:41:51

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>
...And PS my rub rails have not cracked or anything and it has been 6 months since i did this
<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>
Fortunately, rub rails are much heavier pieces of vinyl (or whatever) than lifeline covers. Nevertheless, acetone is not meant to be a cleaner for most plastics--it's a solvent for them as well as the crud that accumulates on them. (You won't find it sold in plastic jugs.) It's also not recommended for routine cleaning of gelcoat--just for the one-time removal of mold-release wax before painting gelcoat the first time. Beyond that, it'll promote chalking. As with lifelines, short-term reward, long-term risk.

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT

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Bubba
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Response Posted - 10/09/2003 : 20:11:10

I remember seeing this tip on the SailNet website. Haven't tried it though...
"Use whitewall tire cleaner for vinyl coated lifelines, fenders, and power cords.They'll look brand new."

Dave & Deb
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C-250wk #270

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Sea Trac
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Response Posted - 10/09/2003 : 23:19:08

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>
...on the SailNet website. ...whitewall tire cleaner...<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>

Wow, how long's SailNet been around, anyway. <img src=icon_smile_evil.gif border=0 align=middle>

J.B. Manley
Antares '85 FK/SR #4849
Grand Lake O' the Cherokees
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Bubba
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Response Posted - 10/10/2003 : 22:40:35

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>Wow, how long's SailNet been around, anyway.<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>
Good point J.B. It was an archived "tip of the day" maybe from a loooooong time ago.

Dave & Deb
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"Frayed Knot"
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 10/10/2003 : 22:47:33

In case you can't find it, that whitewall cleaner can be bought in the gift shop at the Smithsonian... <img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle>

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT

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