some H2Woh!

i've heard of people using vinegar on the older blow moulded plastic boards

washing up detergent?

Diluted CLR will clean up river water stains.

Toothpaste will clean of the little black scuff marks.

Sandpaper for the half a stick of kneadit

Pugwash said...

Put it in the washing machine. Reef break + 10ft swell. Should sort it right out!

Otherwise, lemon juice works well

and it smells nice too

Newtothis said...

Hi, my boards are looking a bit tatty, as they are quite old, and I would like to give them a good clean.
Is a sailboard finish, the same as a surfboard finish?

Need to clean of general dirt and brown wood preserver

Many thanks
Jimmy

jimmy have you heard of the term "this board smokes"

back in the days when windsurfers were first made they used bees wax to preserve the timber, too clean the timber they used a flint rock before waxing, "and believe it or not that's when they first discovered fire ", if you got a bit to carried away and rubbed the board to hard it would start to smoke and eventually catch on fire, now i don't know if i have been misled but as the story goes adam was making eve a windsurfer" as you would if you was trying to impress a lady" and after rubbing the guts out of the board it caught on fire , so if you get some of these rocks take it easy , thats how the term this board smokes eventuated

keef said...
...now i don't know if i have been misled but as the story goes adam was making eve a windsurfer"...

I think maybe you have been mislead, wasn't it Jesus who could skim across the water? I know Moses parted the waves, cant remember how exactly, maybe that was the a windsurfer?

other than that, wood on wood makes fire, flint on flint makes fire and girl on girl...etc!

Thanks guys for the responses, I love you lot, its why I dont just phone the shop, as they will give me the simple solution without the humour!!

many thanks
Jimmy

keef said...

all jokes aside i have just finnished makeing a board and only used a 3m fine foam sanding pad's with carwash and water , you can use them dry to get the brown scum , they dont sctratch even dry,and there excelent for for revamping fin's

as above, we used to use these pads for fine timber polishing. I've used the fine (grey) pad on my board a few times and it's come up a treat! Also good for fins (as keef mentioned). I wouldn't use it weekly as it is a fine abrasive, but every 6mths or so shouldn't affect the board too much...followed by wd-40 or polish if desired.

keef said...

Sailhack said...

I wouldn't use it weekly as it is a fine abrasive, but every 6mths or so shouldn't affect the board too much...followed by wd-40 or polish if desired.

sailhack do you meen w&d- 40 or 400? the only w&d i use'd was 2000 and i dought i needed, i don't know what it is about these pad's but they just don't scratch

keef, 'WD-40' as in spray lube with a soft cloth, I don't use it, but it is a good cleaner and I've heard of the GPS speed crew using it on the bottom of their boards.
The 3M pads don't leave a scratch, but they are still an abrasive, as you'll notice by the fine residue (dust) that they remove. It's not a major as boards have a pretty thick coating, but all the same, I wouldn't over-do it.