Try Soft Scrub Jim. Larry Yake recommended it to me and it's been very effective removing those pesky little black mold spots that appear on non-slip. Maybe use a soft scrub pad (softer that the 3M green pads that tend to scratch), scrub, let it sit a minute, scrub a little more, then rinse. I've been using the gel formula--smells like there's plenty of bleach in it. If that fails, try turtlewax liquid rubbing compound (comes in a green plastic bottle). That stuff works well on stains too. t -- Tom & Jane M17 dharma bum

James, Another thing you can try is toilet bowl cleaner. With a stiff bristle wire brush I've used both Soft Scrub with bleach and toilet bowl cleaner with good success on removing stains in the non-skid pattern. Randy G. M17 #410 ________________________________________ From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Jim Sadler [jimsadler@jascopacific.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 3:48 PM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: M_Boats: Removing rust stains from fiberglass M-15 Ahoy Skippers Happy New Year The Pelican is close to "fully found and in Bristol condition" Just have some rust stains in the non-skid fiberglass. Any of you skippers know how to remove the stains? Captain James Albert Sadler skipper sailing vessel Pelican M-15 jimsadler@jascopacific.com _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats

Jim, When I purchased my boat, the previous owner left a home made mast cruch (steel) sit in a wet cockpit for a season or two.? Needless to say the rust stains?were?large and deep.? It?took me over a month to finally remove them.? I used CLR everyday and a stiff bristle brush.??I would pour a little on the rust spot and let it sit overnight.? In the morning I would add a little more CLR and scrub.? I would then add a little more CLR and let it sit all day.? In the evening, I would add a little more CLR and srub.? I did this for a month and eventually the rust stains were removed, but I still have a little shadowing from?the deepest stains.? All in all it worked well........slow but steady. Skip Campion M-15 #201 Wild Guppy???? -----Original Message----- From: Jim Sadler <jimsadler@jascopacific.com> To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 6:48 pm Subject: M_Boats: Removing rust stains from fiberglass M-15 Ahoy Skippers Happy New Year The Pelican is close to "fully found and in Bristol condition" Just have some rust stains in the non-skid fiberglass. Any of you skippers know how to remove the stains? Captain James Albert Sadler skipper sailing vessel Pelican M-15 jimsadler@jascopacific.com _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com