cleaning the SIB

A sib is a soft floor inflatable boat that will roll up and fit into a bag to ease with carrying or storage.
There are many different floor designs, exampoles include - Air floor mat, Wooden/Metal boards over an Inflatable Keel or a High Pressure V Floor.
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Re: cleaning the SIB

Post by Sarah » 09 Feb 2019, 02:52

Hi Steve, congrats on purchase, always exciting to get a new boat. I will get Dom to pop online tomorrow with any suggestions from the Silky range we stock and an intro post on the range as its something he has been involved with for a few years. I particularly like the Silky rib treatment and green cleaner for regular cleans but will see what he suggests for this tougher project. We have a SIB at the moment with similar issues. A friend had to leave the area on a work contract and we retrieved his SIB from the marina after a few months with lots of barnacles etc. I cleaned it just with water then it sat in our garden undr the rain for a while and has to be said a lot has cleaned off naturally. Might grab some Silky products out the garage to see how we can clean up the rest as he is hoping to collect from us in a few weeks. Good luck with yr project and do let us all know how you get on as reviews on different cleaning products are always useful particularly to those of us who leave boats in the water for extended periods.
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Re: cleaning the SIB

Post by dave147 » 25 Feb 2019, 16:27

Cleaned my honwave t32 this weekend only purchased the week before was in a rather dirty state, but only a hour later using Ribright really did come up like new

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Re: cleaning the SIB

Post by Mitch » 25 Feb 2019, 16:31

Glad to hear it Dave, got any before & after pics.

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Re: cleaning the SIB

Post by Steve On sheppey » 25 Feb 2019, 16:53

Cillit bang didn't cut the mustard on cleaning mine

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Re: cleaning the SIB

Post by ChrisParish » 25 Feb 2019, 18:08

Cillit Bang! Only works IF YOU SHOUT, LIKE BARRY SCOTT.

I hate those stupid adverts. Why can’t he just talk like a normal person
*grumble grumble grumble*
Not a complete idiot - some parts are missing.

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Re: cleaning the SIB

Post by Martin » 25 Feb 2019, 19:52

Barry Scott..
What an annoying bloke.
I grab the remote, one press, and wazzoks gone!
F-RibsAndSibs.Com.... :whistle
Because it's a big old WWworld out there :mrgreen:

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Re: cleaning the SIB

Post by ChrisParish » 25 Feb 2019, 20:50

:rofl :thumbsup
Not a complete idiot - some parts are missing.

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Re: cleaning the SIB

Post by Captain cod » 20 Apr 2019, 22:09

I use these two products from polymarine. Not the cheapest but give brilliant results
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