Q: I have a 10-year-old pontoon boat. The pontoons are dirty. What can I use or do to bring back the lustre of their original shine?
—Wes Green, Meadow Lake, Sask.
A: Their original shine? That may be unrealistic, especially if you haven’t cleaned them in a decade.
“Pontoons are tough because they stain and oxidize over the years,” says Sean Horsfall, the owner of Len’s Cove Marina in Portland, Ont. “It’s very hard to make them ‘new’ again.”
That said, he recommends pressure-washing to get rid of as much loosesurface grime as possible, then washing the pontoons with an aluminum-specific cleaner.,” says Horsfall. You’ll need skin and lung protection, “and be aware that the products can damage the paint on boat trailers.”
