92 foot Motor Yacht bid

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Rob Smith

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Hi all,

Hope you can help me out with this one. I mostly do residential work and fleets, but I have been asked to bid on this monster yacht. I will be washing it about once a month, the widows have to be squegeed, have to haul my equipment on a dock a 150 feet from where i will park my rig (going to just use my cold water machine) will have good clean water source, outside hull, front and sides only no washing of the boat flooring. They will move the boat around when I get done with one side so I can wash the other. I was thinking the hourly rate up to format but if anyone washes these and has a going rate or ball park that would help. Trying to post pics!

Questions:
What chemical will be safe to use with the rinse and overspray going into the MO river?
How much would you charge?
How the hell can I get those front widows cleaned ? LOL

Thanks for any and all help you guys may offer.:D :D :D
 

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Damn, that pic gives me a headache trying to look at it ...heres another of the front part that is impossible to reach.:D
 

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I can't help you with the cleaning process, but I would bet if you check into it, you will find no cleaner that you can safely let run into the river. This seems to me to call for a dry dock where you can capture the run off. I would definatley check it out thoroughly before placing a bid or maybe walk away from this one.
 
Damn, thats where my boat went, I've been looking all over for that thing!!!
Gav
 
Hey Gav,

Do I get a "finders fee" for finding your boat? LOL .......

Rob
 
ron p

use baking soda,borax,vinegar,and 100% citrus cleaners like orange glow
you will need to brush this gross disply of wealth. Be carefull with your hoses.
charge $100 per hour, per man.
 
Seems like the only way to clean the front windows would be standing on the front deck, and use scrubbers/squeegees attached to a long pole.
 
If indeed that is the case, then hope there not concave like a windsheild on a truck, you'll need a fixiclamp (or something like it) and a shammy or microwipe to get rid of the streaks
Gav
 
Whew!

Thanks for the help so far guys, this is a charter boat, so no luck on any good sightseeing (if you know what I mean). Heck if there was might be willing to charge less LOL. They get alot of charters from St. Louis's own Anheuser Busch. The front windows are very concaved, more so than a truck or car, even tho they are in sections ....each section is concaved. Any other sugestions on chemicals that are completely safe and non toxic. Also what about that Fixiclamp thingamajig Gav?

Rob:D
 
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The cleaner thing could change from town to town, you will need to find that out locally. I remember a post about cleaning a boat dock, just spraying off normal dirt and bird crap, something he had done many times before. Well, it seems that now he could not do unless he captured the water, even though he was only using plain water. I tried to go and find that post, but I couldn't, I even went to Delco's bb and scrolled though. I sure I am remembering it correctly though.
 
Rob,
the fixiclamp is an angled tool that goes on the end of an extension pole, you can hold a towel, shammy etc init. It's made by Unger and you should be able to get one at any window cleaning supply.
Gav
 
I only clean boats with Boat Zoap with a Z, get
it in gallon jugs at a marine supply store. It has
a wax in the soap to help in the future washing. Do
not use too much pressure as it will force little bits
of dirt into crevices that you will never be able to
remove. Do not get any high pressure water near the radar array or the antennas. Remember if you damage the boat in
any way and it is up for charter the Coast Guard may require
it be hauled out to inspect. That is one bill I would not
ever want to see.
 
Thank You!

Thanks to all of you for your help and insight, Gav, I need to go get one of those fixiclamps, thanks for mentioning that, and Tuna, I will look into the cleaner you have suggested. Thanks again !

Rob:D
 
Hi Rob,

I'm looking into cleaning boats at local marinas.

How did your Yacht cleaning job go?
What chemicles did you end up using and did you like the way they worked?
Did you use cold or hot water?
What unexpected problems did you encounter?
What pointers can you give someone venturing into this field?
What pricing did you end up using and on your next job how would you do your pricing?

Did I ask to many questions? Sorry! I'm just trying to educate myself.

Your input will be truely appreciated!

Thank You,
Rick N.
 
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