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    Posted: 03 Apr 05 at 8:48pm

Hi nixy30633,

Personally, I would brush on the solution of crystals and water and let it dry out.  If after a few days, the black marks are still there, then I would repeat the procedure, as many times as necessary, until you are satisfied with the result. Once you are happy with the job, then you should use the neutralising spirit and leave it to dry out again.  I suppose that there will be some marks which will never come out no matter how many times you repeat the procedure, it just depends how bad they are. I am not an expert on this subject but I once refurbished a wooden Enterprise and the method worked for me.

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hi, i need to clean up the black marks on my boat. i have the oxalic acid crystals, but when you put it on the boat do you just leave until it has dried out and then neutralise with meths or another spirit.
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You should be OK with 4:1, best to trial on a non-obvious place

There are also commercial products that contain oxalic acid, but are "safe" to use.

I have used Net-rol in the past and there's info on another product,TBS, over on the Classic and Vintage Racing Dinghy Association's forum. This link should take you to the relevant thread



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yeah Buzz it has now been classed as a top class poison (or some thing like that) so i had to get my dad to go and collect it from the very nice chemists shop that ordered it in for me.

My next problem is that since i have a pot of this stuff what concentration should i mix? Any advice on this bit?
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my scorps epoxy coated and it worked fine thanks guys.

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Oxalic acid is a well known bleaching agent. I have used it on Firefly's and it works well.

Be careful it is poisonous if swallowed and is a severe irritant if inhaled or absorbed through the skin.

The link below gives a detailed description and precautions.

 http://www.jtbaker.com/msds/englishhtml/o6044.htm
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Originally posted by bigwavedave

Thats the stuff oxalic acid, and I think he then used white spirit or maybe turps.

 

Its good stuff, mix it warm water and be careful as its quite bad for you!

 

 
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Yes, epoxy can be sanded, but it will be harder than sanding varnish (start with reasonable coarse grit sandpaper). I don't know it there are potential interactions between epoxy & turps etc so it would be worth testing that out first.
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Yeah I have a similar problem on my sisters boat but the boat is epoxyed instead of varnished can i this just be sanded back in the same way or not?

All of these black bits have been caused by chips in the epoxy. I just want to remove the colour before covering them up, do i just do the same as was advised for stuart.
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k thanks for the help guys i'll try all that 2moro

 

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