Ali Brite on Glass Hull
Hi All...have a tinny we are going to clean up with Alibrite this weekend...whilst googling it came across this bloke who apparently used it on his glass hull with good results..
Alibrite is a etching type acid cleaner ...I would've thought it be a no go on glass...anyway curious ...has anyone here guinea pigged their old glass hull with it...
" Ali Brite
My local fiberglass boat repair guy mentioned that he uses Ali brite to clean slight discoloration on fiberglass boats. I asked my wife to get some and it says it is an Ali steel cleaner with poison written in big letters. Is this right for cleaning fiberglass. Has anyone out there heard of this, apparently you spray it on leave for 10 minutes and wash it off with water.
Oh well no replies so I tried it this weekend. Sprayed Ali Brite on left it for 10 minutes hosed it off and any yellow staining vanished with no scrubbing plus left the surface gleaming white "
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till
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The thing you will find with
The thing you will find with really harsh cleaners is that they also strip the wax off your glass. It looks good just after you did it, but make sure you get some polish onto it or it gets twice as dirty, twice as fast.
chris raff
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cheers till
if this stuff works...and theres no detrimental effect on gelcoat ...and would just need to be repolished...could be the ducks nuts...for all the old hull owners...
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Billcollector
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Just make sure you use all
Just make sure you use all the protective gear. This stuff is real nasty
shammy
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Ali Brite
Mate ref the "Ali Brite"; MOST if not ALL aluminium cleaners have "hydrofloric acid" in them.
Hydrofloric acid is great for aluminium and REALLY bad for the calcium in your bones, it is drawn to the calcium and degrades it significantly. The anitdote is calcium gluconate gel as the acid is drawn back out into the gel which reduces it's effects.
If your going to use it I would NOT atomise it by spraying it unless you have a full face respirator wear and have all your body parts suitably covered by impervious material ie chemical gloves etc.
There was a guy using it in Mosman Park about ten years ago in his back yard lab and it wasn't a pretty ending.
If you are going to use it you need to apply per the manufactures instructions and ask the sales point or look on the net for an upto date MSDS.
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