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[sparkey]

  The south of England is a hard water area which seems to stain my boats, after a trip to the lake the boats have unsightly stains on the paintwork which seem to take ages to remove,any ideas how to prevent this, at the moment I am using a bees wax polish to remove them which gives the woodwork a great shine but takes forever,Ray.    

[TugCowboy]

I always take a spray bottle with clean water in it, spray them down after taking out of the lake and wipe down, It seems to keep the stains away well enough.

[sparkey]

  Give that a try this weekend weather permitting,Ray.  

[Martin (Admin)]

If one of your local Window Cleaners uses that 'pure water system', ask him for a coke bottle full. 

http://www.ipceagle.com/products/category/ultra-pure-pure-water-cleaning-systems#.U47njkDTDnc

[sparkey]

  Thanks Martin,I was thinking of using filtered water out of the water butt which I use on the car and that stops stains,Ray.

[Martin (Admin)]

That should work too.
 Let us know how you get on... and how much your model boat washing services will cost?!

[essex2visuvesi]

Also go visit your local tropical fish shop.  If they sell marine fish then the will most likely have RO (reverse osmosis) water for sale.  This is 99.99% pure water

[tonyO]

Hi
I sail in salt water and use battery top up water via a hand held sprayer when I retrieve the boat. This works for me. Still needs a wipe down when you get home.
tonyO 

[sparkey]

  Hi,guys,after a nice day at the lake I used the filtered water out of the water butt,found an old window cleaner mister and it worked a treat,just wipe over and all the stains are gone saves a lot of work and makes the boats look fresh again,Ray.