Took me all day to remove barnacles from the propeller blades and grease from the brass pieces of the prop shaft (including tons of small ball bearings).

I soaked the blades in water and Simple Green for about 20 minutes and then scrubbed the barnacles off with sand paper. So gratifying!

For degreasing, I soaked the brass pieces in water Simple Green. Then, used degreaser and Q-tips to get the grease out from harder-to-reach places.

Of course I didn’t fully understand the whole process, so imagine my horror as I witnessed Brendan take the sparkling brass pieces and cover them with (new) grease for installation.