Acid Rain Stain?

[Escapade]

We have had rain here ( South Eastern Wisconsin ), Heavey Rain for over a week straight. The problem is the boat took on a gray haze finish even the windows. My dock neighbors and I spend some time washing our boats several times. A few spots on the platform had to be rubbed out and rewaxed. The baot had had another wax job three weeks ago. Been in this 20+ years and have never came occross this level of stain. Just curious if any one had same cconditions.

Mike

 

[goblue]

Interesting you mention this. Our boat gets washed every Friday and this time of year looks pristine for a week making me wonder if it needs a wash job. Howver, this past week it has been a mess with black streaks all over it following our heavy rain. We live in West Michigan along the lake shore across from Milwaukee. My boat guy had a hard time getting it clean, and it was was waxed about three weeks ago.

 

[Escapade]

Makes you wander just how bad this crap in the air is. A friend said, it is a byproduct of coal power plants. I did not write this in my intal post but, I imagine it would be a good idea to clean the canvas too. Usualy a two day program, one day to clean and let it dry and the next day to re-waterproof it. Sounds like a justification to take a day off!

Mike

 

[goblue]

We do have a coal fired plant about 7 miles west of our dock. The boat wash guy mentioned that as a possibility. Annoying. Glad it does not happen often. The thing is we were in Mac City for a week in July and the Shepler ferrys did a number on us with diesel soot. I just cleaned and waxed that stuff off.