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Pontoon detailing on Lake Ouachita

Pontoons are the most common boat on Lake Ouachita, and their aluminum tubes stain at the waterline fast. We clean the deck, rails, furniture and tubes, priced by the foot.

Wash Program: est. $7-12 /ftFull Detail: est. $20-35 /ft

Deck, rails, furniture, tubes

A pontoon splits its wear in two: sun on the furniture and helm up top, hard-water staining on the aluminum tubes below. The tubes sit right at the waterline where minerals bake into a grey band, and that band needs an acid-based cleaning once it has set.

A wash runs est. $7-12 /ft and a full detail est. $20-35 /ft. Pontoons measure long, so a 24-foot 'toon getting a full detail lands around $480-840, with tube cleaning quoted alongside the job.

What we watch for on a pontoon

Why do pontoon tubes stain?

The aluminum sits at the waterline, where hard-water minerals and lake film bake on. On this clear lake you will not fight tannin, but the grey-brown waterline band comes for every pontoon.

Do you clean the furniture and vinyl too?

Yes. Pontoon seating takes a beating from the sun. A full detail cleans and conditions the vinyl, plus the deck, rails, helm and bimini frame.

Can faded rails and fencing be brought back?

Usually. Oxidized rail panels polish back the same way gelcoat does. Heavily chalked panels take more passes, and we flag that in the quote.

Straight answers

How much to detail a pontoon on Lake Ouachita?

By the foot: wash est. $7-12 /ft, full detail est. $20-35 /ft. A 24-foot pontoon full detail is about $480-840, plus tube cleaning quoted with the job. Estimate; the written quote is final.

Do you clean pontoon tubes at the marina?

Yes. We are mobile and clean tubes, deck and furniture dockside. A certificate of insurance is available for any marina that requires one.

How often should a pontoon be detailed?

A wash every few weeks in season keeps the waterline band from setting, with a full detail once a year to reset the vinyl and finish.

Get a written quote

Three quick fields plus the boat. Every figure on this site is an estimate; the written quote we send back is the actual price.

Prefer email? lakeouachitaboatdetailing@gmail.com works too. Our crew is mobile across Lake Ouachita: marina slip, lift, trailer or driveway.

We reply with a written quote within one business day.

Not sure is fine. We confirm length at quote time.

Where the boat sits helps us quote faster: marina slip, lift, trailer or driveway.

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