Marine Vinyl Cleaner?

[ColoSR]

All,
do you have any preferred marine vinyl cleaners? I am looking to get rid of some typical grease and grime not specific stains. I tried searching and most everything was from a decade ago so some products are no longer available.

 

[BillK2632]

I like these two:

1. Spray 9.
2. StarBrite Ultimate Vinyl Clean.

After cleaning, I wipe down everything with a damp cloth to get all the cleaning residue off, then treat with 303 Vinyl Protectant.

 

[GypsmJim]

Spray 9
Maguires vinyl protector.

 

[ColoSR]

Thanks all!

 

[Pirate Lady]

Do NOT use magic erasures.

 

[Pirate Lady]

Tell you my little secret. Vinegar buy the gallon about $1. Pour 1/2 in a bucket with soap. I just did this morning cutting thru 6 months of winter crud and stains. Sparkling clean. Also its best dam glass cleaner, no commercial glass cleaner close.

 

[Little Ducky]

Tell you my little secret. Vinegar buy the gallon about $1. Pour 1/2 in a bucket with soap. I just did this morning cutting thru 6 months of winter crud and stains. Sparkling clean. Also its best dam glass cleaner, no commercial glass cleaner close.

Boat soap, dish soap or car cleaning soap?

 

[Escapade]

I use 3M™ Sharpshooter™ Extra Strength No-Rinse Mark Remover. The local pro detail-er uses this and works well w/ minimal effort. Just cleaned mine yesterday.

 

[theMick]

I like these two:

1. Spray 9.
2. StarBrite Ultimate Vinyl Clean.

After cleaning, I wipe down everything with a damp cloth to get all the cleaning residue off, then treat with 303 Vinyl Protectant.

My exact go to’s!! StarBrite works well and finish it with 303

 

[Almightys]

I’m a spray9 followed by 303 protectant.

 

[Korkie]

Marine Spray 9 followed with Maguiars Insane Shine UV Protectant.

 

[Scott215]

I also use 303

 

[Jaybeaux]

I also use 303

+1

 

[RaceCarRich]

LA’s Totally Awesome for cleaning followed by 303 for protection.

 

[VTSeaRay]

See my post on the turkey mess I was met with this spring! Spray9 for the win! before and after shots.

 

[SilentJ20]

I'm trying something different this year. I know vinyl is a very durable material, but I feel all-purpose cleaners (APCs) and degreasers are a little overkill for my routine cleaning. Simple Green and other APCs are lightly alkaline, and most degreasers are severely so (for reference, Spray 9 is very alkaline at 12--the scale ends at 14). I just started using 303 Marine Multi-Surface Cleaner. It's very very slightly alkaline, seems to clean well and lathers really well with a soft brush to work out dirt.

Sorry, the DIY auto detailing stuff I've learned is coming out, haha.

If you have bad grease/oil to clean up, a good degreaser will do the job, and the vinyl can take it. But I don't wanna beat the hell out of my 30 year old interior every time I clean if something less severe will do the trick.

 

[GirlyGirl1999]

For the vinyl I have drank the StarBrite cool aid, vinyl clean then vinyl protect, after awhile I don’t even need the clean to get the spider poop off, just the protect.
My.02
Jon

 

[Stingrayaxe]

I've always used Simple Green concentrate diluted about 50%. Then 303 Protectant. Seems to work well for me so I'm surprised others haven't mentioned it. Seems Spray 9 is getting a lot of votes. Maybe I should try that. After all these years I might find it works better.