Pontoon Boat & Deck Boat Forum

Since I'm still a noob to the boating hobby, I've yet to ever have my boat detailed. So I wanted to ask yall what I should expect out of a good detail, and how much I should pay. I don't like being disappointed when I see something they didn't clean, that I feel like they should have. I have a couple of boat places around here that do detailing, so I was thinking of taking my boat in for a detail before this boating season.

Best is do it yourself. They will never detail it like u would. U will always find something not cleaned or not cleaned to your liking. Cost n my area is couple hundred

If you do prefer professional detailing, you may want to consider a full service car wash. Our local car wash provides detail services for watercraft.

Most professional "boat" detailers will quote you a cost per foot for a fiberglass boat which can run $20-$25 per foot. If you do ask for someone for a quote, make sure you tell them it is a toon and not fiberglass as the price for fiberglass may include compound/wet sand.

I would think a normal car detailer will charge you $10-$15 per foot for your toon.

Tim in Michigan wrote:If you do prefer professional detailing, you may want to consider a full service car wash. Our local car wash provides detail services for watercraft.

Now that you mention it, I have seen boats at some of the car washes before... I just thought it was the owner's boat or something. But I'll go ahead and ask.

But yeah I was thinking of just doing it myself instead, so I don't get irritated when I run into things that I think its obvious they should have cleaned. Or maybe I'm looking at it wrong, and I should just pay them to do what they will, saving me work and then I just finish up what they didn't do.

However, I would like to go ahead and ask what the best pontoon detailing supplies are. I would assume its a bit different from a car when it comes to that. What are the staples of detailing a pontoon? I have this spray that is made to take those black streaks off the vinyl. Is there anything else I should have or be aware of?

I have to admit that Amazing from Bio-Kleen and 303 are both amazing products... Tried several household cleaners on some mild mildew stains and they were hardly phased but a simple wipe with Amazing and the stains were gone...

I found the bio kleen, but when you say 303, you're referring to this right? Just checking


http://www.amazon.com/303-30202-Multi-S ... B002Z8F2DU

photonfanatic wrote:I found the bio kleen, but when you say 303, you're referring to this right? Just checking


http://www.amazon.com/303-30202-Multi-S ... B002Z8F2DU

No... Sorry I should have been mo clear ~ 303 Aerospace Protectant not the cleaner... I've read where some where less than thrilled by their cleaner but just about everyone including the Queen liked the Protectant...

Thanks for the update.

Do you guys just pressure wash your carpets? I saw the dealer doing it, but dealers do a lot of "one time deal" type of stuff. Don't really want to tear up the carpet, over time.

I need my boat cleaned when I hot it used. I put an ad online and something great happened a guy called who detailed cars and offered to do my boat for 75.00. I thought whst do I have to lose. He made the seats look new and the carpet to. It went from a boat stored outside in the sun with pine needle in the carpet to a new looking boat in hours. What's funny people saw hI'm doing my boat and he got four or five jobs on the spot.
I just had a cleaning from him he does it and I pay 75.00 and it's worth every penny.

Sounds like a pretty good deal. Might try that.