RIB Cleaner test report

[peteR75]

Having tried loads of expensive snake oils in the past and recently recommended Fairy Power Spray on this forum against current popular TFR I thought I best run a test for my peace of mind........

I bought some TFR concentrate from machine mart.
instructions suggested 600:1 which was a waste of time but 50% in a spray gun and it worked

Used a sponge , lot of rubbing , left 1/2 hour , sponged and rinsed off.
Result clean but rope burns and some black scuffs remained.

I used the fairy power spray on the scuffs and rope burns, trigger spray and is much thicker than TFR, its more of a gel, left it 1/2 hour (note no scrubbing) wiped the rope burn and scuffs off and rinsed.

Snakeoils from the chandler work marginally better than a fresh water hose.
TFR is good but only 60% as effective as Fairy Power spray.


Only one left water beading on the surface and a shine without a buff,

Fair power spray clear outstanding winner, it is more expensive than TFR but lot less effort needed.

Worst snake oil came from Zodiac, bit like a T Cut cream, took all day to do a boat, 2 x bottles of power spray will do a boat in an hour, most of which is drinking beer while waiting for it to work.
After the whole boat was cleaned with TFR , and I gave the isolated rope burns a fairy treatment I decided to do one section with Fairy power spray as I wasnt 100% happy with TFR, navy is Fairy Power spray, grey TFR x 2

[Wightdiver]

Originally Posted by peteR75

Having tried loads of expensive snake oils in the past and recently recommended Fairy Power Spray on this forum against current popular TFR I thought I best run a test for my peace of mind........

I bought some TFR concentrate from machine mart.
instructions suggested 600:1 which was a waste of time but 50% in a spray gun and it worked

Used a sponge , lot of rubbing , left 1/2 hour , sponged and rinsed off.
Result clean but rope burns and some black scuffs remained.

I used the fairy power spray on the scuffs and rope burns, trigger spray and is much thicker than TFR, its more of a gel, left it 1/2 hour (note no scrubbing) wiped the rope burn and scuffs off and rinsed.

Snakeoils from the chandler work marginally better than a fresh water hose.
TFR is good but only 60% as effective as Fairy Power spray.


Only one left water beading on the surface and a shine without a buff,

Fair power spray clear outstanding winner, it is more expensive than TFR but lot less effort needed.

Worst snake oil came from Zodiac, bit like a T Cut cream, took all day to do a boat, 2 x bottles of power spray will do a boat in an hour, most of which is drinking beer while waiting for it to work.
After the whole boat was cleaned with TFR , and I gave the isolated rope burns a fairy treatment I decided to do one section with Fairy power spray as I wasnt 100% happy with TFR, navy is Fairy Power spray, grey TFR x 2

Just off to Tesco's then!!!

[EnglishLes]

Originally Posted by Wightdiver

Just off to Tesco's then!!!

Perhaps some enterprising Eastern Europeans will wash your car and clean your RIB while you get the Beers and the Meat for the beach BBQ.

[BumbleAbout]

The FPS was also brilliant at cleaning grease covered trailer wheels too!

[Leapy]

Originally Posted by BumbleAbout

The FPS was also brilliant at ...

... taking a layer of skin off Marigolds, anyone?

Did a great job on the boat though

[peteR75]

Originally Posted by Leapy

... taking a layer of skin off Marigolds, anyone?

Funny you should say that, just looked at my hands and thought they looked a bit dry, back of left hand, front of right hand , I started to read the instructions , got as far as 600:1 and thought that was enough of that nonsense !

My hands havent been a problem before but I dont usually do much scrubbing, light sponge over to ensure everywhere is covered, this time with the TFR I did a fair amount of scrubbing.

How long until my hands stop shedding

[johndoe007]

Rumor has it that Fairy liquid in the USA is the same as Dawn Power Clean. Anyone know this for a fact as Fairy is not available here?

[kerny]

Can't beat this stuff for cleaning awkward marks the hull as well

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[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by peteR75

How long until my hands stop shedding

Wuss about a week or so, I use TFR neat but I'm from the North

[tony t]

Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

Wuss about a week or so, I use TFR neat but I'm from the North

Another for TFR gets my rib looking like new sponge it on swill it off

[jezza2011]

AutoGlym engine cleaner or Motorbike cleaner works very very well.
Turned my old tubes from orangy white back to orange just by spraying on and wiping off.