Hull wash

[wutagoalie]

I wanted to clean the inside of my 98 GTX limited (motor and hull). I have read than DAWN dish soap works the best. What do i have to do? in the sense of covering certain components up? Or do i simply pour in scrub and power wash?

Ive never cleaned the inside, so you could imagine how dirty it is.Not sure if i can power wash the inside without water logging something.

Thanks

 

[voodoo]

Go to a spray car wash place, before you leave home spray that green cleaner stuff and pour in 5-10 gallons hot water, let it slosh around then pull the drain at the car wash and spray the hot rinse water in there, go home and leave the seat unlocked a few days to dry out well, take it from there, you will know if you have any loose connectors when it does not start - unless you have already fixed a lot of that stuff that vibrates loose.

 

[wutagoalie]

Go to a spray car wash place, before you leave home spray that green cleaner stuff and pour in 5-10 gallons hot water, let it slosh around then pull the drain at the car wash and spray the hot rinse water in there, go home and leave the seat unlocked a few days to dry out well, take it from there, you will know if you have any loose connectors when it does not start - unless you have already fixed a lot of that stuff that vibrates loose.

So i don't have to worry about covering up anything specific?

 

[seadooya]

Clorox w/ Bleach works great also...green/white bottle.

 

[wutagoalie]

Clorox w/ Bleach works great also...green/white
bottle.

Do i have to worry about covering anything up?

 

[scooper77515]

It is a boat. Most everything is waterproof.

Try not to hit anything electrical too hard, just so as to not push your luck. May want to use low pressure on the motor also, to keep the paint from coming off.

I am actually getting ready to do the same thing, but mostly just to get the winter's worth of mildew off the hull and seats.

 

[Mirage]

On our houseboat I use Tide... I don't know how it would effect the the auto pump out of the craft, but the little granular pieces that don't disolve have never hurt my bilge pump...

 

[scooper77515]

Just came in and the boat is now spotless! I used that clorox spray on the tough stuff, the greasy stains on the top of the seats, and the mildew, then just a wet rag on the rest. Hosed it all out, ran it on the hose to get the antifreeze out of the passages, and it needs to be taken out and gotten dirty, now...:cheers:

 

[wutagoalie]

Just came in and the boat is now spotless! I used that clorox spray on the tough stuff, the greasy stains on the top of the seats, and the mildew, then just a wet rag on the rest. Hosed it all out, ran it on the hose to get the antifreeze out of the passages, and it needs to be taken out and gotten dirty, now...:cheers:[/QUOT

Thanks, i just didn't know if i could take a hose to the inside of the hull. worried about water slipping the the air box somewhere

 

[scooper77515]

Just open the drain plugs first. Keep an eye on the water level and stop spraying when it gets over 3" deep or so. You don't want to submerge the starter, carbs, etc, if you don't have to. Let it drain, and keep spraying.

When I get done, I always use a wet-or-dry vac to suck out all the water that doesn't drain. This keeps the mildew under control.

I also periodically spray that clorox spray on all the fiberglass inside the hull and rinse it out.

When done, leave it all open for a few hours and let it dry, the put it all back together.

 

[wutagoalie]

Just open the drain plugs first. Keep an eye on the water level and stop spraying when it gets over 3" deep or so. You don't want to submerge the starter, carbs, etc, if you don't have to. Let it drain, and keep spraying.

When I get done, I always use a wet-or-dry vac to suck out all the water that doesn't drain. This keeps the mildew under control.

I also periodically spray that clorox spray on all the fiberglass inside the hull and rinse it out.

When done, leave it all open for a few hours and let it dry, the put it all back together.

Put it all back together, as in seats?

what do you use on the motor, brush of some sort?

 

[scooper77515]

Put it all back together, as in seat, that tray in the front compartment, etc. on a ski, and the tray in the engine bay on the boat.

I try to leave it all open to dry out before buttoning it all back down, just to minimize the chance of mildew. If I want it dry fast, I put a shop fan facing down in the front compartment, and let it blow out the engine bay.

I have used GUNK spray-on degreaser on a nasty engine, with a 2" wide paint brush with the bristles cut down to about 1" just to stiffen them up. Then hose it off with low pressure. You may have to work pretty hard to get an old greasy engine clean.