[quote=DamonLinkous]Congrats on the purchase and welcome to beachcat sailing. Can't wait to see the "after" pictures when you get it cleaned up.
The very first thing I would do on that boat is buy a bunch of [url=http://www.barkeepersfriend.com/products.htm]Barkeepers Friend[/url] at your local grocery store. It's just powered 10% Oxalic acid and works great and cheap for cleaning years of mold/mildew/tree sap/oxidation off your boat.
Mix it in a pail with just enough water to desolve it, apply with a brush or scouring pad (wear rubber kitchen gloves if you want to keep your fingernails), leave on for at least 15 minutes (very important), then rinse thourougly.
Do a several feet of the hulls at a time, don't try to apply to the whole boat at once, you don't want it to dry.
You'll be amazed at the results, then after it's clean you can sand/buff/polish/wax or not as you like.
gcamick (bet you got teased a lot in school with that name!) Just kidding, please fill out your profile by clicking on the profile link in the main menu, and consider using your real name in your forum posts so we can get to know you.
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