Reel Clean - Coastal Marine Wash

Reel Clean is a low pH wash specifically engineered to dissolve salt crystals, mineral scale, and hard water deposits on contact - without stripping the ceramic coatings, waxes, or sealants you've already laid down.

Saltwater doesn't just leave salt. As it evaporates, it leaves calcium, magnesium, and iron minerals that bond hard to gelcoat, hardware, and trim. Standard pH-neutral washes can't touch mineral scale - they push it around with a wash mitt. Aggressive acid washes burn through your protection. Reel Clean splits the difference: acidic enough to break the mineral bond, balanced enough to leave your protection layer fully intact.

Key Features:

- Salt crystals lift off in one pass instead of being polished into the gelcoat with a mitt

- Hard water spots dissolve on glass, stainless, and chrome instead of being buffed

- Mineral scale at the waterline breaks down without aggressive scrubbing

- Bird strike, fish blood, and waterline scum lift cleaner because acidic chemistry breaks the mineral matrix holding the organic deposits in place

- Your ceramic coating, wax, or sealant stays right where you put it

- Made in the USA

How to Use — Foam Cannon

1. Pre-rinse the boat with clean water, top to bottom. Knock off loose salt and grit before any product touches the surface.
2. Load the foam cannon at manufacturer specs. Reel Clean foams aggressively — start lean (1 oz per 32 oz cannon bottle) and dial up only if you need more dwell.
3. Apply foam from bottom to top, left to right. Lower panels are dirtier and need more dwell. Starting low prevents streak lines.
4. Dwell 2–3 minutes. Foam should stay wet on the surface the entire time. Do not let it dry.
5. Agitate stubborn spots with a soft wash mitt — waterline scum, bird strike, fish blood.
6. Rinse thoroughly with clean water, top to bottom. Flush all residue.
7. Dry immediately with a clean microfiber or Sandman's drying towel.

Ready-to-use foam cannon formula. 

✅ Safe to Use On

• Ceramic coatings - will not degrade SiO₂ layer
• Carnauba and synthetic waxes
• Paint sealants
• Marine-grade paint and gelcoat
• Fiberglass
• Vinyl seats, decals, and wraps
• Isinglass and clear vinyl windows
• Stainless steel hardware and rails
• Polished aluminum
• Anodized aluminum
• Chrome
• Powder-coated trailers and frames
• Painted outboard cowlings
• Glass - doubles as hard water spot remover
• Painted brightwork
• Vinyl graphics and lettering - limit dwell

❌ Do NOT Use On

• Raw, unsealed metals — extended exposure to low pH can etch over time
• Bare or unfinished cast iron — flash corrosion risk
• Natural stone surfaces near the wash area (slate, marble, limestone) — acidic chemistry etches stone
• Concrete you care about long-term — pre-rinse first or work over a tarp
• Hot surfaces or panels in direct sun — wait for ambient temp
• Galvanized metal in extended contact — rinse promptly if exposed
• Active oxidation/rust — Reel Clean lifts mineral deposits, not raw rust
• Open electrical components — rinse-safe but do not direct spray
• Do not mix with bleach, alkaline soaps, or ammonia products — produces toxic reactions

When in doubt — test in an inconspicuous area first.

Pro Tips from the Field

• Work in shade when possible. Low pH chemistry is more forgiving than aggressive acid wash, but no soap should dry on the surface.
• Top-down for bucket, bottom-up for foam. Bucket method generates dirty water — gravity carries it off cleaned panels. Foam method builds dwell on dirtier lower panels first.
• Two-bucket setup with a grit guard keeps your mitt clean and prevents fine swirl marks on coated finishes.
• Rinse your foam cannon between products. Residual alkaline soap in the cannon will neutralize Reel Clean and kill the foam.
• Don't skip the pre-rinse. Salt crystals on a dry hull turn into sandpaper under a wash mitt.
• Wash down within 24 hours of your trip. The longer salt sits, the harder the mineral bond, the harder the next wash.
• Reel Clean doubles as a hard water spot remover. Light dwell on glass, chrome, and stainless dissolves the calcium deposits standard washes leave behind.
• For trailers and lower units, apply foam first and let it dwell while you wash the hull. Hit the trailer last before final rinse — salt at hubs and bunks is the #1 cause of trailer rust.
• Stack with Boost Pro every 4–6 weeks. Reel Clean strips the salt and minerals, Boost Pro refreshes the ceramic layer.