Crusty Chief
Guru
In a hurry to get stuff out of a forward locker almost a week ago, the 5 gal plastic bucket that I use to store the dirty oil during oil changes of the main and genny fell on its side. Now the container was empty, but last oil change I didn’t wipe the inside at all after emptying the waste. The lid isn’t a screw on type, it just sorta snaps on, and the limited amount that was remaining in the container leaked into the storage locker.
During the night we had a pretty good rain storm and I estimate maybe a quarter cup of dirty dello oil drained from the drain hole of the storage locker and ran down the deck of the Portuguese bridge and headed back to the stern.
By the time I found the oil on deck, the rain had splattered it all over.
Now the first thing I thought was, has it drained into the marina and are the Green Cops coming after me. Upon further investigation, the oil only traveled about 3 feet behind the ladder leading up to the Portuguese bridge of the Starboard side.
The first thing I did, was grab a role of paper towels to absorb the oil prior to cleaning the mess up, this may of been a mistake, because I think I smeared it into the fiberglass and made a bigger problem. But at least it was contained and now most if not all the standing oil was safely off the glass and in an garbage bag. Next I used almost a full pint of Dawn and a soft brush to try and neutralize the remaining oil. But my fear of badly stained glass was confirmed when I rinsed the soap off.
The first 2 pics are of the glass after the Dawn cleaning. I’m thinking, Oh Crap, nice job there Crusty.
Next I tried a bit stiffer brush and regular boat soap, Nope, hardly any difference.
Next was Bleach bathroom spray cleaner, now I’m getting somewhere. Still looks bad, but not nearly as bad as it was.
By now I’m thinking maybe its soaked into the wax, that I just paid dearly to have the guys put on.
So I call my detail guys and when they showed up they almost walked away before I pleaded for them to try something. The first thing they tried was some cutting compound in an out of the way spot with almost no results. Then they tried some soft scrub, again with almost no results.
So I’m scratching my you know what, when my last idea comes into my little pea brain. How about some FSR? For those not familiar, Fiberglass Stain Remover is a great product I found almost 4 years ago.
Well It worked, well almost. After numerous applications, We still have a few areas that are still stained.
So were gonna let it sit for a week or so before we add any more caustic cleaners and see if the remaining stains diminish enough to apply new wax.
Lesson learned, well until the next time I screw up!
During the night we had a pretty good rain storm and I estimate maybe a quarter cup of dirty dello oil drained from the drain hole of the storage locker and ran down the deck of the Portuguese bridge and headed back to the stern.
By the time I found the oil on deck, the rain had splattered it all over.
Now the first thing I thought was, has it drained into the marina and are the Green Cops coming after me. Upon further investigation, the oil only traveled about 3 feet behind the ladder leading up to the Portuguese bridge of the Starboard side.
The first thing I did, was grab a role of paper towels to absorb the oil prior to cleaning the mess up, this may of been a mistake, because I think I smeared it into the fiberglass and made a bigger problem. But at least it was contained and now most if not all the standing oil was safely off the glass and in an garbage bag. Next I used almost a full pint of Dawn and a soft brush to try and neutralize the remaining oil. But my fear of badly stained glass was confirmed when I rinsed the soap off.
The first 2 pics are of the glass after the Dawn cleaning. I’m thinking, Oh Crap, nice job there Crusty.
Next I tried a bit stiffer brush and regular boat soap, Nope, hardly any difference.
Next was Bleach bathroom spray cleaner, now I’m getting somewhere. Still looks bad, but not nearly as bad as it was.
By now I’m thinking maybe its soaked into the wax, that I just paid dearly to have the guys put on.
So I call my detail guys and when they showed up they almost walked away before I pleaded for them to try something. The first thing they tried was some cutting compound in an out of the way spot with almost no results. Then they tried some soft scrub, again with almost no results.
So I’m scratching my you know what, when my last idea comes into my little pea brain. How about some FSR? For those not familiar, Fiberglass Stain Remover is a great product I found almost 4 years ago.
Well It worked, well almost. After numerous applications, We still have a few areas that are still stained.
So were gonna let it sit for a week or so before we add any more caustic cleaners and see if the remaining stains diminish enough to apply new wax.
Lesson learned, well until the next time I screw up!
