techmitch
Well-Known Member
- May 1, 2008
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- Boat Info
- 1999 270 DA
- Engines
- Twin 4.3s W/Alpa I Gen II's
Thought I'd try this here before I open a new thread on it. I clean the boat's bottom myself. In salt 24/7 year round boating. Its pretty easy to do as I have a process now for it. Except for the inside of the underwater main exhausts. Barnacles and oysters can get pretty thick in there if you don't stay after it. I need to invent a tool to scrape everything off. I can get my hand/arm all the way up there fine but I need downward leverage to pry stuff off. First try is going to be a screwdriver bent back almost the full 180 degrees. First one I tried broke. So must have been cast. Should I try bending something else (putty knife) or are there bendable metal screwdrivers out there.
By the way, I've tried everything known to man on the metal running gear and nothing really works to stop hard growth. The barnacles and oysters just love the hard surface regardless. Best solution I've found is a once a week jump into the water to wipe it all down to stop growth from starting.
Maybe these would help although not rounded, one of them is a reverse scraper.
https://www.amazon.com/Napa-Service-Reverse-Offset-Scraper/dp/B01IIXSW32
https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/SER...NNbAGOhzFQ4YZA6gkRoCuyIQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&