Boat cleaners make the entire cleaning and restoration process a lot easier, but choosing the right type of boat cleaner is a task in itself.
The BoatUS Foundation, a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, tested the top 10 best boat cleaners on the market. We tested products #1-#10 and added our two cents below.
Types of boat cleaners:
All-Purpose Boat Cleaner helps to clean grease, grime, oil, gas, diesel fuel, fish blood and more from the boat.
Simple green marine, ConcrobiumXT Eco-Wash, Soft Scrub with Bleach Cleanser is the best all-around and all-purpose cleaner that's specially formulated and ready to use. No need to add water.
Benefits of all-purpose boat cleaner:
Chrome cleaner helps to remove grit, grime, and grease from new and old boat metal surfaces.
Star-Brite is the best chrome cleaner that used to protects against pitting, rust, and stains and resists saltwater deposits
Benefits of chrome cleaners:
The aluminum boat cleaner adds to the beauty and value of boats and pontoons. It can be difficult to maintain your aluminum boat. Aluminum is a versatile metal that has significant applications in various industries, including the marine industry. Aluminum is prone to oxidation which covers the boat’s true beauty; thus, there is a need for ongoing maintenance.
Aluminum boat cleaners are designed to keep pontoons and aluminum boat looking their best both below and above the waterline. Using quality aluminum cleaner to clean your boat can make a huge difference.
Starbrite aluminum cleaner and restorer is specifically formulated to safely clean dull or stained aluminum surfaces of the boat.
Benefits of aluminum Boat cleaner:
Water stain cleaners remove hard water spots from fiberglass surfaces!
Meguiar's Gel Wash is the best water stain cleaner that safely and quickly removes boat scum, dirt, salt spray, grime, bird droppings, and other fresh surface contaminants without stripping wax protection.
Benefits of water stain cleaners:
As a boat owner, knowing how to clean boat fiberglass yourself would not only save your money, but it will also help you to keep your boat in good shape. However, with the many options of boat cleaners out there, But choosing the best one is important.
Star Brite Ultimate Fiberglass Stain Remover, a cleaner is formulated without the use of dangerous, caustic acids, which makes it safe for use on all fiberglass surfaces. It is great for cleaning both vertical and horizontal surfaces.
Benefits of fiberglass stain remover:
Cleaning mildew from the boat is always a difficult task. Generally, the boat seats materials are mold-resistant. On the other side, they aren’t completely mold-proof, so the accumulation of exposure and moisture to other elements can still mean the growth of mildew.
Boat mold removal has been made easier with the Marine 31 Mildew cleaner. It is specially formulated for marine surfaces such as vinyl upholstery, most outdoor acrylic fabrics, awnings, tile, roofs, fiberglass, rubber fenders, etc.
Benefits of marine 31 mildew cleaner:
Boat hull cleaner is used to clean the stain in boat hulls. The Star Brite Instant Hull Cleaner is a best boat hull cleaner that was designed to remove unsightly stains and dirt immediately upon contact with your hull’s surface.
Benefits of hull cleaners:
Stainless steel cleaner is the easiest and best way to clean corrosion and unsightly rust staining on your boat.
Marine 31 Stainless Steel Cleaner is a spray-on, wipe-off cleaner that cleans dirt, grime, fingerprints and smudges from stainless steel and chrome surfaces with a quick spray and wipe process.
Varnish cleaner is used to restore, clean and polish wooden surfaces on boats, such as internal cabinets, tables, chairs, wall surfaces and handrails on sailing and motor yachts, cruise liners, ships, and small recreational fishing boats.
TotalBoat Gleam Marine Spar Varnish will provide a long-lasting and durable high gloss protective finish. Imparts anti-static properties and leaves behind a pleasant fragrance. This cleaner may also be used to clean and polish laminates, plastic, fiberglass, paintwork and stainless steel.
Benefits of varnish cleaner:
The above-listed cleaners are the best type of boat cleaners to use. For more details about cleaning and maintenance just take online courses at Boat us foundation.
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For Adam Gibbs and Nick Bongi, the idea was born out of their shared passion for fishing. Since they were children, the two 18-year-old friends have taken an annual trip to the Gibbs family’s vacation home on Sanibel Island in Florida.
“We were fishing down there one night, and we were on a dock,” Gibbs said. “We just noticed that everyone was fumbling around with flashlights, or using their iPhone’s light.”
Flashlights fell into the water from time to time. Everyone struggled to tie knots, unhook fish, and grab gear in the darkness.
“We decided just to throw a light into the tacklebox itself, and it kind of grew from there,” said Gibbs, who is a business student at Northeastern University.
A relatively simple idea pursued by two teenagers became a kind of classic, start-from-scratch American business story — or at least the first few chapters.
The experience has turned into a two-year venture for Gibbs and Bongi, who both live in Westborough. It has led to a Kickstarter campaign for their invention, the FISHinc. ProGlo+ tacklebox, which has a detachable, waterproof, tubular LED light that can also charge a smartphone. The campaign, which ends March 4, has so far raised about $14,000 of a $30,000 goal.
The friends have been working through real-world business issues to get the product closer to market. They filed a patent application and contacted a Chinese manufacturer. So far, they have received two wholesale pre-orders and almost 30 individual orders.
“We want to start selling directly to the consumer from our website, immediately,” Bongi said. “We want to get it in small tackle shops, we want to go to Walmart, we want to go to Dick’s, we want to go anywhere possible. If we are able to get our funding, we want to blow it up.”
Gibbs and Bongi have been working without any financial backing so far. Prototypes were developed with $5,000 they raised by selling personal items on eBay.
Understandably, they have been keen to create awareness of the product and funding for the venture. Gibbs even responded to an open casting call for the reality-television investment show “Shark Tank.” When he didn’t land a spot on the show, the pair turned to Kickstarter and its crowd-funding platform.
Gibbs and Bongi have gotten some other kinds of help along the way: Bongi’s father worked with them to prepare preliminary plans for the device, which they took to a computer-aided design professional who helped them draw it up.
And a neighbor helped them build the first product.
Along the way, their enthusiasm for their product and hopes for the business have never wavered.
“We want to take this as far as we can bring it,” Bongi said. “We want to continue working on it after college.”