How To Clean Yachts And Boats?
- Care and Cleaning of Yachts, Wooden Boats, Zodiacs and Sailings
The cleaning is one of the most important issues for fiber or wood yacht owners without any doubt. Yacht owners seem more sensitive in terms of cleaning. Cleaning of vessels are important whether they are composed of wood, fiber or sailboats. Although cleaning changes due to the type of vessel, it is basically based on same principles. The cleaning order of the environment we live in, give us positive energy and make us happy. The usage of all the products serving yacht cleaning are almost the same. While choosing the product it is important to prefer "caustic and solvent" free products. At the stage of cleaning, you'll need cleaning and care products designed for yachts, water, soft sponge or soft brushes. 
- Deck Cleaning :
When cleaning the deck, cleaning product for yachts which does not require harshly scrubbing should be preferred. While choosing deck cleaning material it should be noted that, excessive scraping may damage the paint. Care of wooden parts can be toilsome. In order to protect these parts it is recommended to use deck coating compounds. Hence you can protect the wooden parts throughout the entire season and avoid from insects at least one season. It will also blocks water so that the deck will not be slippery.
Due to the fact that yacht are always interacts with water, particularly sea water, they frequently encounter problems like corrosion or mold. When those kinds of problems occur, low grade descales should be used for cleaning. "Divortex Marin" "Yacht Overall Cleaning Fluid" is a product developed for this purpose. It provides excellent cleaning for external parts of the yacht without brush or sponge. It removes mold and fungi, lubricant, diesel, oil and blood; old wax and tar residues; ink, soot, dried oil, tar, teat, coffee, mustard, ketchup, grass stains and materials adhering the surfaces like gum or glue easily. It saves water, electricity and time with reducing washing steps to an only step. It doesn't contain volatile solvents so that it can be used safely indoors. It does not cause abrasion of the paint because there is no need for brush or sponge. Due to its hydrobicity it delays pollution.
Rusted parts can be cleaned with rust remover sprays. You can use them freely by spraying on rusted areas. Leave the supply on the surface for a few minutes then brush and rinse it with plenty of water
The most important point to pay attention is throwing out the seawater on the surface completely while cleaning the yacht.
- Cleaning of Teakwood Surfaces of Boat :
Teakwood has natural oily texture. This oily surface appears old, worn and pale after a while because of salty and windy conditions. Hence it should be renewed twice a year with "Teak Oil". This process will prolong the life of the wood. Before using teak oil, the wooden surface should be cleaned and maintenance should be carried out. These type of areas should be cleaned without harsh cleaners. Teak Cleaning Powder developed by Divortex Marin cleans gray and pollution occurring on teakwood surfaces and restored the natural golden color of the wood.
- Cleaning inside of the yacht
The most important point while cleaning the interior of the yachts is to use eco-friendly products. Apart from that mainly hygienic cleaning supplies should be used in toilets and bathrooms. If carpets are used inside firstly solid dirt must be removed with a vacuum cleaner. Interior cleaning of a yachts can be undertaken with same principles of household cleaning. After overall interior cleaning is completed drying and decontaminating from detergent must be done.
Small craft and Boat cleaning: It is relatively easy to clean little crafts and boats in comparison with larger vessels. The main and first thing to do is separating the upper parts from underwater parts if it is floating and removing all the salt with clean water. Boats have less resistance against salt and sun then crafts. While floating salty water covers the surface of our boat or craft, in time water evaporates and salt remains. Salt damages the watercraft highly. For cleaning fiber little crafts, a sponge, "Divortex Marin" Yacht Overall Cleaning Fluid and plenty of fresh water is enough. For rubber boats or zodiacs it is unfavorable to use cleaning supplies involving minerals since they have abrasive chemicals which may damage fabrics. We recommend you to use special cleaning supplies selling for fenders in boats and zodiacs. "Rubber Boat and Fender Cleaner" developed by "Divortex Marin" can be used for this purpose. It is a chemical used for decontamination of oil and dirt from fender and rubber boats. due to the non-ionic activecomponents and organiccontents it is an effective material for fender and rubber boat cleaning.
Large cabin boat and sailing cleaning:
Cleaning little crafts and boats can be handled easily. But as far as the boat's size grows cleaning is getting harder and more important. Cleaning boats with cabins is a two staged process; inside the cabin and outside. Inside the cabins are our living space in a boat, we can clean inside like we clean our homes. We can use vacuum cleaners, remove dust etc. What's important for cleaning the cabin is not to use dangerous chemicals like hydrochloric acid or oil solvents. These heavy chemicals may damage the paint or structure of the boat. Toilet cleaning is essential in the boats. In our houses toilets are closed and separated, however in boats due to lack of space it is usually either across the kitchen place or under the beds or sofas. It is crucial for pipelines to be smell proof.
Outside the cabins, washing with plenty of fresh water and avoiding water from getting inside will be enough. If there are any rust or rubber stains they may be cleaned with eco-friendly stain solvents or professional marine cleaning chemicals and a cloth. Don not use scourers-like hard and abrasive objects. Their effects cannot be seen in short term bur in long term it will have obvious negative consequences on your boat.
Cleaning sections underwater:
It is necessary for a boat to have its underwater sections cleaned and maintained every year in order to get higher performance above the water. A floating boat's underwater sections are open to all domains of marine life. In time, algae’s, shelled mussels or slime organism and their derivatives which are indispensables of marine life make a place on those sections. This situation is called "shipworm" in maritime. Every layer comprise of those living creatures under your boat increases friction force and blocks the water flow thus your boat's speed will be decreased. With shipworm both the speed and maneuverability will be reduced. We use toxic dyes blocking organisms to adhere and prevent those marine creatures taking place on the underwater sections of our boats. The function of the toxic dye is pouring in small pieces when living creatures begins to occur to prevent them spread and providing long term cleanliness for your boats underwater sections.
Divortex Marin Toxic Dye Remover is a %100 water based product removing the toxic dye from the underwater sections of polyester, wood, epoxy and steel boats rapidly with no need for classic long and costly process Also it gives no harm to boats main structure, environment and human health. It contains emulsifiers and surfactants are chemicals for toxic dye removal in certain periods of time. t eliminates the need for harmful and costly acts.
