For cleaning, any commercial inflatable cleaner for has been as good as any other. We haven't found any stand outs.
For protection, have a set of dinghy chaps made.
Talk to the manufacturer about inflation. We do deflate our RIB when it sits for awhile. The guys who fix them have said, "Why stress the fabric if you aren't using it"?
I've always used 303 Protectant avaialble always everywhere. Spray it on and wipe it off.
Ron
It makes me miss Ron to see his past posts brought up in this thread.
Eric, the guy in the slip next to me has OCD. He owns a 50' go fast boat that always looks like it was just dropped in from a showroom floor. His inflatable is the same. He and I had the exact same dink, same model, same age. Mine looked old, his looked brand new.
I watched him clean his dink one day. He first used boat soap and a brush, then he used bleach on any spots, then he washed again and then treated with some type of treatment like the 303 that Ron mentioned above.
What products do you recommend for cleaning and protecting an Apex inflatable. Also what psi should it be inflated to, if living in hot climate?
Thanks for all your suggestions. Capt Mike
Thanks Dave,
I don't know what OCD is so I must not have it .. good as it's probably bad.
I think I'll use 15 or 20% bleach w apple cider vineger and perhaps some baking soda. I guess silicone is or can be a problem as in Armor All so I'll pass on that. Good I can duck at least one pitfall.
Thanks again,
By the way I admire your boat in the avatar and glad you choose that one. Nice business-like wheelhouse.
Hello,
what is bleach, this is like Clorox ?
Hugues
When I should that dinghy (to a guy my OCD neighbor knew), I cleaned it up really well. I took a page from my neighbor and washed with boat soap, scrubbed using a spray bottle with a 10% bleach solution, but did follow up with the 303. My neighbor sit he was impressed, but when he and his biddy took the dink to my neighbors house where he installed Weaver pads on it for hi buddy, he cleaned the whole boat again as well as buff and wax the hull.
OCD is Obsessive, Compulsive Disorder.
Clorox is a brand name for a household bleach.
I've always used 303 Protectant avaialble always everywhere. Spray it on and wipe it off.
Ron