Rubrail cleaning

Okay group, what's the best way to clean the vinyl rubrail on the typical Cal? It's on the hard. Also what is the best way to clean and polish a bronze prop? Without removing it. Finally a warm enough day, got the bottom sanded, maybe get it painted this week.Thx,David Dobbs Cal29 411

Hi, David. I use acetone on the rub rail. Does your rubrail chalk? Props, I do not know. Take Care Charlie Annapolis Cal 25 From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] Sent: Monday, April 30, 2018 5:13 PM To: Yahoogroups <ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Subject: [Cal_Boats] Rubrail cleaning Okay group, what's the best way to clean the vinyl rubrail on the typical Cal? It's on the hard. Also what is the best way to clean and polish a bronze prop? Without removing it. Finally a warm enough day, got the bottom sanded, maybe get it painted this week. Thx, David Dobbs Cal29 411

Charlie,I was hoping for a more non-toxic solution! We used to use trichloroethelyne by the 55 gal drum, ( why was it 55gal and not 50?) when I was in Uncle Sam's AF. Lox clean you know. That stuff is banned now. Of course we were supposed to use gloves, yeah, right, when you're dealing with small components. So it went.David On Monday, April 30, 2018, 4:32:49 PM CDT, 'Charlie Husar' hu… [at] gmail.com [Cal_Boats] <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> wrote: Hi, David. I use acetone on the rub rail. Does your rubrail chalk? Props, I do not know. Take Care Charlie Annapolis Cal 25 From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] Sent: Monday, April 30, 2018 5:13 PM To: Yahoogroups <ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Subject: [Cal_Boats] Rubrail cleaning Okay group, what's the best way to clean the vinyl rubrail on the typical Cal? It's on the hard. Also what is the best way to clean and polish a bronze prop? Without removing it. Finally a warm enough day, got the bottom sanded, maybe get it painted this week. Thx, David Dobbs Cal29 411

Mr. Clean magic eraser is the best think I have found. It makes a huge difference. On Monday, April 30, 2018, 2:13:07 PM PDT, david dobbs tm… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats] <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> wrote: Okay group, what's the best way to clean the vinyl rubrail on the typical Cal? It's on the hard. Also what is the best way to clean and polish a bronze prop? Without removing it. Finally a warm enough day, got the bottom sanded, maybe get it painted this week.Thx,David Dobbs Cal29 411

My Cal 20's 1967 rubrail was badly chalked and got white stuff all over me. I used an abrasive pad to sand it down and then painted it with vinyl buoy paint from Hamilton Marine. Can't recall which one I chose (they had two). It has worked fairly well. It did not level as nicely as paint or varnish but solved the chalking problem. That was maybe 10 years ago and I'm due for another coat. Chris Campbell