10-06-2024, 12:43 PM
Here's a good tip to follow. When I bought my current boat, I knew of the saltwater use it had been thru. I bought the boat Feb 2016 in Everette Washington; the signs were all over. I immediately used Salt Away for cleaning what I could get access inside my boat as well as engine compartments. I assumed previous the owner did same but still took it upon myself to be sure I got a good cleaning for what is exposed. A little over a year later after the purchase, I started a massive cleanup removing the wood floor finding crud all around fuel tank along the keel, black mold had formed all over the bottom side of wood flooring. Immediately I decided to rebuild the floor with new marine grade plywood & new marine vinyl flooring, using more Salt Away now in those exposed areas and pressure washing flushing out those areas of along the keel and bilge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayG8vH5Cuno
This is bottom side of old flooring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayG8vH5Cuno
This is bottom side of old flooring