T&T: Red Wine (MIchael Wilkie)

[Peggy Bjarno]

Friends of ours who are 32 year veterans of living aboard, and who are 
not only a frequent contributors to DIY Magazine but also have published 
a good boat keeping guide that's in its third printing, recommend Bar 
Keepers Friend. This is found in your local supermarket along with other 
powdered cleansers. Unlike Ajax and others like it, Bar Keepers Friend 
has little or no "grit" with which to grind down your gel coat surface, 
but it DOES have oxalic acid which does a spectacular job on red wine, 
goose or spider poop, ICW mustache, and any number of other woes.
We had a party for 30 aboard Aqua Vitae and wine was served. . . . the 
large patch of red on the pristine trunk cabin was gone in short order 
with Bar Keepers Friend.

Peggy Bjarno
"Aqua Vitae"
1986 Albin 43 Classic
Baltimore, MD

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>Message: 10
>Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:39:56 -0700 (PDT)
>From: MIchael Wilkie <jdmw at sbcglobal.net>
>Subject: T&T: Red Wine
>To: 'T&T T&T' <trawlers-and-trawlering at lists.samurai.com>
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>  We had red wine spill onto our deck. Cleaning it with several different cleaners including windex knocks off the red colorong but leaves a gray staining. We haven't tried a bleach yet like soft scrub with bleach. Any suggestions? 
>   
>  Michael Wilkie
>  Dancin' Dolphin II
>  Willow Berm, Cal.