RE: [Paddlewise] Cleaning fibreglass kayaks

From: PeterO <rebyl_kayak_at_iprimus.com.au>
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 06:45:38 +1100
Michael wrote: -
>Something tells me that Peter would be likely
>to have a car that is more sensitive to rust
>- Australia ain't the Great White South.

G'Day Mike,
You could be right but a lot of our cars spend a lot of time at the
beach:~). Cars at the beach pick up an amazing amount of salt from water
carried on the wind. As I mentioned last post, when using a car I dry the
boat thoroughly if theres no fresh water around and use one lot of water in
a 1 gallon watering can if its available. Generally steam/vapor clean the
car after a long weekend at the beach (uses much less water than hosing it
down).

I'll let you know how rusty the car is in a year or two:~)

All the best, PeterO





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