In some thread or another awhile back*the topic was how to clean groundpower cords.* Keith suggested GoJo was an effective product.* I made note of this but didn't get around to doing anything about it until a few days ago.
Our shorepower cord (basic Marinco yellow cable and plugs) had not been cleaned in 13 years, and after 13 years of lying on a wood deck being showered with dirt, soot from the nearby railyard's constantly idling locomotives and everything else that rains down on boats the cord was near black with coated on, baked on, crap.* Over the years I'd occasionally tried various products from purpose-sold groundpower cord cleaners to citrus cleaner to Lord knows what.* Some of it worked to a degree but usually had a downside, like leaving a sticky residue on the cord that attracted even more crap.* So after cleaning a short test section I would give up.
The other day we picked up a container of GoJo.* The one with the mild abrasive in it, not the non-abrasive version.* I'm not going to say all the gunk came off with a single*wipe--- it took a degree of work--- but it was amazing to say the least.* The most effective technique I arrived at*was applying it to a section of the cord and then running it back and forth through my hands for awhile and then using rags to scrub*off the accumulated grime.* It did a fabulous job, and there is no leftover sticky residue on the cord.
This was so successful I used the GoJo on our fenders, which also had not been cleaned for some ten or twelve years.* Same result.* Some of the fenders were stained where they have been up against a wood*bullrail for all this time and that yellow-brown stain did not come out, nor did I expect it to.* But all the gray dirt and grime and dirty scuffs*came right off with what I consider a minimum amount of scrubbing.
So thank you Keith, for that tip.* Our groundpower cord now no longer looks like something that was just pulled out of*a sewer.
Our shorepower cord (basic Marinco yellow cable and plugs) had not been cleaned in 13 years, and after 13 years of lying on a wood deck being showered with dirt, soot from the nearby railyard's constantly idling locomotives and everything else that rains down on boats the cord was near black with coated on, baked on, crap.* Over the years I'd occasionally tried various products from purpose-sold groundpower cord cleaners to citrus cleaner to Lord knows what.* Some of it worked to a degree but usually had a downside, like leaving a sticky residue on the cord that attracted even more crap.* So after cleaning a short test section I would give up.
The other day we picked up a container of GoJo.* The one with the mild abrasive in it, not the non-abrasive version.* I'm not going to say all the gunk came off with a single*wipe--- it took a degree of work--- but it was amazing to say the least.* The most effective technique I arrived at*was applying it to a section of the cord and then running it back and forth through my hands for awhile and then using rags to scrub*off the accumulated grime.* It did a fabulous job, and there is no leftover sticky residue on the cord.
This was so successful I used the GoJo on our fenders, which also had not been cleaned for some ten or twelve years.* Same result.* Some of the fenders were stained where they have been up against a wood*bullrail for all this time and that yellow-brown stain did not come out, nor did I expect it to.* But all the gray dirt and grime and dirty scuffs*came right off with what I consider a minimum amount of scrubbing.
So thank you Keith, for that tip.* Our groundpower cord now no longer looks like something that was just pulled out of*a sewer.
