Reviewed by: CAPT. MIKE SCHOONVELD
When I’m getting my boat out of winter storage and lake ready in late winter or early spring, the last thing I want to do is take a look at it and tell myself it needs a wash and wax. If it was dull and dirty when winterized, it will be that way when the spring melt opens up the lakes and harbors. If it was clean and shiny when laid up in the fall, even if it was just fitted with a cover, it won’t look disturbingly bad when pulled out of storage. Spend the time getting the interior stocked up with rods, lures and all the rest to make that first of the season outing a success.
It will be easier than ever to button down my boat all clean and shiny this year since I’ve started using SRD20 products during the summer and fall fishing season. SRD20 makes three products that make it easy called: Pink Soap, Waterless Wash and Wax and Graphene Spray Protectant. I call them simply wash, wax and wipe.
The marina where I often launch in the fall opens into a river that is often almost stagnant and filled with algae and stained water by the time the salmon are spawning upstream. Two or three late season trips puts a scum ring around the bottom of the hull that looks like the boat has been soaking in the marina all summer. I’ve used some highly acidic products that does a good job of knocking it off, but it won’t work on aluminum boats and it takes longer to rinse the boat and trailer than to do the actual cleaning. I doubt that stuff is good for the driveway or wherever rinsewater it runs off.
The SRD20 pink soap is pH balanced and environmentally safe. Use it in the marina if you wish. A couple of ounces in a five gallon bucket is enough to clean most boats. Spray in the water and stir it well to produce a high-suds and then swab the boat. It’s easy on existing wax, but you can see the white suds turn gray as it drips down the boat’s side and picks up dirt. A bit of scrubbing and a quick rinse and the hull is clean.
Next step is Waterless Wash and Wax. Spray on about six to ten square feet, rub it in with a microfiber cloth or an old towel, then buff it dry. The result is a ceramic-like shiny coating of wax that protects the paint, chrome or gelcoat. No power-buffers needed.
I use it inside and out, as needed. It doesn’t need much, thanks to the Graphene protectant. I use it as a touch up and regularly apply it to areas like the dashboard and where people climb in and out of the boat. Graphene is diamond-shiny and diamond hard, microscopically thin coating. Just spray it on and wipe it off to make the surface gleam brighter than new and to protect it better than wax.
The motto on each bottle of SRD20 products is, “It shouldn’t be hard work.” That nails it. The soap does much of the work to clean your boat. I could see the suds go from white to gray as it ran down the hull. The Waterless Wash and Wax gets any residual dirt and tar-spots from trailering on the highway. Wipe on the Graphene Spray Protectant whenever a place, inside or outside needs a touch up. Wash, wax and wipe as needed through the season and your boat will be ready for lay-up in the off season and ready to go all season, next year.
Check out the products more thoroughly at ww.SRD20.com. These American made products are available at Amazon.com.
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