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Cleaning Barnacle from a Triumph Roplene hull
Okay folks here is the word on Barnacle removal on a Roplene Hull:
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The trick to getting barnacles off of Roplene is to let them die first. If allowed to die and dry, the entire barnacle will come off. Time will vary with the weather but two weeks is usually enough time. If you
attack them as soon as the boat is pulled from the water you will only
get the body of the barnacle off and the base will stay. Regarding the
staining... I would try straight bleach first. If that did not work I
would try an acid based cleaner like On/Off.
In the situation of the boat described in the thread I would not do
either. I would use the stain line as water line reference and sand and
prime the bottom and put on bottom paint. It's likely that the boats
going to end up with barnacles again.
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