[C320-list] Gross sticky shore power cord?

[Gene Helfman]

great idea.  i bet it would work on our messy, sticky fenders too (that i
just spent $45 buying cloth covers for because they marked us and anyone
with whom we rafted).

thanks,

gene

On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Jeff Hare <catalina at thehares.com> wrote:

> While packing up the boat for the drizzle we're expecting, I gave the job
> of removing and storing the shore power cord to my wife. Mostly because I
> didn't want to be scraping tacky goo off *my* hands for the next hour and
> she didn't know about that part of the job yet. :)
>
> Well, needless to say I wasn't very popular for a while and got assigned
> the job to clean it. "NOW!" I think was how that expression translates best
> in mixed company.
>
> So, I figured I'd try what I heard or read somewhere about how to clean
> this easily and fast.
>
> One 5 gallon pail with the cord coiled inside, some very warm/hot water and
> a cup of Oxy Clean. This is the same stuff you can use in the laundry.
>
> Well, within a few minutes it was obvious the tacky black stuff was just
> dissolving. I took a sponge with a scrubby side and wiped the cord off as I
> pulled it out of the bucket. A soapy rinse and I have a clean power cord.
> When it's dry I'll wipe it down with some 303 vinyl protector.
>
> I didn't allow either plug end into the bucket because I didn't know how it
> would react to the metal connections.
>
> Hey, worked great for me. (Almost took me longer to type this message on my
> phone than it did to clean the cord. Something's wrong with this
> technology.)
>
> -Jeff
>
>


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