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I have my whitewater boat. I have removed the airbags in the back and flushed the boat out with water and used dryvac to suck out the water and debree. Any recommendations on how to get it really clean. It still has dirty smudges way up inside hard to reach places too. I just can't get all the debree and dirt out. Any kind of soap to clean with on boats?

Any suggestions helpful.

Karla

You just need to paddle more difficult rivers so that you will turn it over & get it full of water more often. Dare to get wet

Wes

Wes,
That is probably how it got so dirty to begin with.
No, I have tracked a lot of mud, leaves and crap in it the last 2-3 times on the river. Very hard to clean out thoroughly esp. with the air bags, so I removed them to clean it better.

Take no offense here but... why worry about cleaning it on the inside other than just flushing out the bigger debris that you already did? You'll track stuff right back in it on your next trip and every trip thereafter. Just curious...

shelbyjohnson wrote:...why worry about cleaning it on the inside other than just flushing out the bigger debris...

I agree. I also subscribe to that same philosophy with my wetsuit that I haven't washed in four years. :shock:

I thought it needed a little spring cleaning Seriously, it smells and nasty stuff inside that won't come off. Thought it deserves a good cleaning every now and then.

Take it to a car wash. Just don't squeeze the trigger for high pressure.

We have a pressure washer at home. Seems like just spraying with soap and water doesn't get it all clean.

Karla

Just park it next to my truck, and set down Owl's wet suit beside it. It will look clean and smell fine in comparison. self

Hey Gary, maybe you should just buy Karla a new boat?

Hey Cowper,
Gary didn't buy my Hero, I did, my own money.
I had to clean it up really well since I will be back at the pool for tonight roll session. Think my arm is well enough to try again.

Not going to be at any pool sessions, but remind me next time I see you to give you that DVD. I am sure it won't be long until we are on the Caddo at the same time again.

As a unrelated side note can somebody fix the spell checker to stop underlining Caddo, Ouachita, Cossatot, and Rockport like it is misspelled?

Thats gotta be ur spell ckr. I never had one till I went to Firefox as my browser. I guess I could turn it off.

Karla, the inside being clean of debris is all we ask at the schools pool. If it smells to bad for you, try one of the late model sprays that's supposed to eliminate odor causing bacteria. I have not tried this, but it sounds feasible.

The pool water has always left a little odor of its own in my boats, but it fades as it airs out.

Bob

Ouachita, Caddo, Rockport, and Cossatot. Your right it is Firefox doing it. Does not do that when i turn it off, but would prefer to add those words to the dictionary. Can you help me with that?

When you right click on the underlined word to get the suggested corrections, below the suggestions it says 'add to dictionary', click on that instead of an alternate spelling.