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#1 Posted : Wednesday, May 19, 2010 12:26:47 PM(UTC)
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i thought i would just buy new 10" fenders until i priced them ,turned out they are big bucks anybody have good ideas on cleaning all the black stuff off and making them look presentable?
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#2 Posted : Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:19:16 PM(UTC)
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I have dirty fenders, and that's the way it is.
I have seen others use lacquer thinner to clean them, even MEK. I just don't like to work with those chemicals, both known by the state of California to cause cancer.


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#3 Posted : Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:22:35 PM(UTC)
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I had an oldtimer tell me a week ago when buying new fenders that people are cleaning them when slightly soiled with shaving cream because it lifts out dirt but leaves them slick because of the lanolin snd not sticky like the petro chemicals do.
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#4 Posted : Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:22:48 PM(UTC)
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Spray9 or Simple Green.

I think the Spray9 works best. West Marine has it.
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#5 Posted : Wednesday, May 19, 2010 10:27:39 PM(UTC)
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Soft Scrub the thick paste, not the spray foam and a little elbow grease !
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#6 Posted : Wednesday, May 19, 2010 10:31:30 PM(UTC)
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BUY new ones! Are you kidding? Scrub a dub, dub...

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#7 Posted : Wednesday, May 19, 2010 11:22:23 PM(UTC)
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or put em in a sock/canvas with drawstrings on top, if you know sombody that can sew and they don't take too much abuse, bumpers that is.
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#8 Posted : Thursday, May 20, 2010 1:43:07 AM(UTC)
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#9 Posted : Thursday, May 20, 2010 1:49:03 AM(UTC)
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I cleaned my fenders over winter, used "Marykate" Mildew Stain Remover. I got it at Wolf's marine in MI.
Just spray on & let it set. Worked very well & my fenders were bad! I bought the knight covers 2 years ago, but they faded out bad.

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#10 Posted : Thursday, May 20, 2010 2:16:57 AM(UTC)
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Looks like this guy uses $40 worth of cleaner!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THPQKIPfFUs

I have 4 in really bad shape that are on my list to clean.

Wonder how Tilex and soft scrub would work?


Got this from a boating site.....
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Speaking of fenders, try cleaning them with auto white sidewall tire cleaner. Cheap, effective. (Acetone good for tough marks on these, too.)


May take them home, tie them to my work table and get out the electric buffer with soft scrub.....Drool
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#11 Posted : Thursday, May 20, 2010 8:08:05 AM(UTC)
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the guy in the youtube video his fenders are not even dirty !!!!!
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#12 Posted : Thursday, May 20, 2010 9:20:30 AM(UTC)
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Plus he didn’t show how much elbow grease he used to get half a fender clean Anxious

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#13 Posted : Thursday, May 20, 2010 4:36:37 PM(UTC)
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A little bleach in dishwasher detergent?
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#14 Posted : Saturday, May 22, 2010 11:05:53 AM(UTC)
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tried cleaning with bleach and comet the tops and bottom wont come clean i think they are breaking down from the sun and reverting back to black
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#15 Posted : Saturday, May 22, 2010 11:19:59 PM(UTC)
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You can paint them. As an experiment, I scrubbed a couple of old fenders with cleanser, let them dry and painted them with plastic spray paint from one of the discount stores. I was concerned the paint might rub off on the hull but it did not. I gave it over a week to cure.

Good luck.
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#16 Posted : Sunday, May 23, 2010 12:35:39 AM(UTC)
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If you have Taylor fenders, and they should stop holding air, Taylor will replace them; no charge, no questions asked.
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#17 Posted : Sunday, May 23, 2010 2:04:14 AM(UTC)
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i have some 2 part poly paint and might paint top and bottom and put skirts back on them ,plan on being like jeff im going to get every dollar worth out of those fenders!!!
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#18 Posted : Sunday, May 23, 2010 4:47:12 AM(UTC)
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