question regarding product to clean the gunwale

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question regarding product to clean the gunwale

We have a Catalina and we would like to find out if somebody can give me an idea of what cleaning product I can use to clean the gunwell (the rubber part that all catalinas have).Our boat is in Mexico and the sun makes the rubber part all stained.Thanks for your help !!!margarita bernard

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I've been using acetone and then waxing with Collinite Fleetwax #855. Any good carnuba wax will do, but Collinite is the best I've found over the years. Apply with a fine water spray mist. We call it the rubrail, the gunwale is the fiberglass hull/deck joint just above it.

Stu Jackson, C34IA Secretary, C34 #224, 1986, SR/FK, M25 engine, Rocna 10 (22#)

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...and I guess I let mine go too long in the FL sun, since this weekend I tried cleaning my rubber rubrail with acetone and it barely took off anything. I know I used acetone before and it worked. I may have to try something a little stronger.

Duane Ising - Past Commodore (2011-2012)
s/v Diva Di
1999 Catalina 36 Hull #1777
Std rig; wing keel, M35B, Delta (45#)
Punta Gorda, FL
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try rubbing it against a piling when you dock the boat; this works great for me...;)

Gary and Cathy Price
1997 C36 Mk II Tall Rig/Wing Keel Imagine...
Hull # 1617
Worton Creek, Md.
Northern Chesapeake Bay

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I recently replaced my old (1999) rub rail with a new one from Catalina Direct.

Took about 1 hour, and now looks totally great!

The biggest revelation was all the material (sand, dirt, organisms, etc...) stuck behind the rub rail in the aluminum rail.

Now every time I hose down, I make sure and get the rub rail really good.

Captain Rick Powers
(USCG OUPV)
1999 Catalina 36 mk II
Hull#1745
Std Rig, Fin Keel
Palo Alto, California

San Francisco Bay

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