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a) Silicone Remover
Submitted by Art Femenella of Keyport, NJ on 03/02 at 12:44PM
regarding General_interest
I am a stained glass restorer. The following company makes an
excellent product for cleaning up cured silicone. AMTEX Chemical
Corp. 890 Fern Hill Road, West Chester, PA 19380 Tel (610) 436-4813.
Manufacturers of CCR-Silicone Remover. Completely and safely removes
smeared silicone from stained glass and other surfaces.
http://www.amtexchemical.com/pages/1/page1.html?refresh=1067351487284

b) Stainless
Here is one superb, cheap, effective product
Submitted by Jack Tyler of St. Pete, FL USA on 02/02 at 09:28AM
regarding General_interest
Tom, I would marvel at how tarnished, oily and dim the brass
handrails were in our Corporate Center...only to find them gleaming
again the next day. Commercial building cleaners can't afford West
Marine metal polish, so I tracked down the product multiple vendors
use in our area (Tampa/St. Pete). It's Easy Dab, a product made by
National Chemical Labs in Phila, PA. You will find this at cleaning
supply stores (their customers are the businesses operating cleaning
services), it's a light greenish cream that won't hurt your hands,
and I purchase it for $7 for a quart. It lasts a l-o-n-g time.

When someone's helped us out or we want to say 'thanks' for some
reason, I show up at their boat and start making corroded stainless
fittings instantly polished and shiny...and with no work on my part;
it's quite amazing. When they gawk and then get excited, I hand them
the quarter container and tell 'em to have fun.<g>

To find who sells it in your area, call 800 NAT CHEM. 

Jack

Hoke Distributing will ship to anywhere in US (800) 535-1477 but
shipping costs as much as the product.

c) Bottom

Date:  Sat Jun 9, 2001  7:44 am
Subject:  cleaning bottom with scuba



I'm going to clean the bottom of my boat this weekend with scuba gear
and
was curious of any scrubbing gear or suggestions anybody had. I've
been a
scuba diver for 17 years but first time cleaning bottom of sailboat.

Thanks,

Jim Lant


Date:  Sat Jun 9, 2001  7:21 pm
Subject:  Re: CYOA - cleaning bottom with scuba


Jim,

Although I have never cleaned the bottom of my boat
myself, I have talked to my bottom guy several times
about how he does it.

Ryan uses a toilet plunger to hold onto the boat and a
piece of carpet to clean the bottom. The carpet does
a good job and doean't hurt your bottom paint.  A liveaboard guy a
couple of boats down hooked me up with the ultimate prop/barnacle
tool remover, a painter's 3 n1 tool awesome!!

Date:  Sat Jun 9, 2001  8:26 am
Subject:  Re: cleaning bottom with scuba

Jim,
I'm sure everyone has their own favorite technique. Mine was to use
one of those automobile window squeegies, with the mesh/sponge on one
side and the rubber squeegie on the other. Since I only snorkle, I
had an extension handle. The rubber side will take off the slime
without scrubbing off paint. Tougher spots get the sponge side. I
could swim down the whole side taking off a foot-wide swath of junk,
grab a breath, turn around and do it again, like mowing the grass.
Which I guess it is!

And I carried a sharp wooden wedge in the other hand, similar to a
large doorstop. This for scraping the barnacles off without risking
damage to the hull, which a metal paint scraper might do. It floats
if you drop it too. <g> I used a green 3M scrubby pad for cleaning
the prop and at the waterline.
mk