Tug Tips (Vol. 59)

Clean boat fenders with Magic Eraser. It also works well to eliminate stains and marks on walls.

Lemon juice eliminates those annoying brown stains on the dinghy and hull of your tug. Just spray it on, wait ten minutes and rinse with water. 

If the dinghy is really dirty try Gojo Natural Orange Pumice Hand Cleaner. Simply scrub it in with a scrub pad and rinse it off. 

Put a hose shutoff valve on the male end of your hose. It will save you a trip or two to the dock to turn the water on and off. 

Forever Green Bags will help keep fruits and vegetables fresh days longer on board.

Here are some uses for talcum powder that you may not have thought of. When rolling up an inflatable dinghy, sprinkle talcum powder on it to absorb mildew and make cleaning easier. Try mixing a tiny bit of talcum powder with water to make a paste that works as well as Goo Be Gone.

Do you have stiff anchor or dock lines? Add a half cup of fabric softener to two gallons of water and soak the lines overnight, rinse and dry away from the sun.

Lip Balm, cooking spray and petroleum jelly can help free jammed zippers and make canvas snaps easier to use.