How to refinish my filleting board

[salmonkiller01]

Pressure washer gets mine clean everytime

 

[SpringVelocity]

Buy a new one

This one for win.

 

[Aquaholic]

Do you have a router? Put your widest bit on it, set the depth at about a 16th and start making passes.

 

[Foxsea]

My filleting board needs a tune up. I scrub and bleach it but the grey/black is winning. Any suggestions?

Looks like HDPE.

Redfisher has the right idea: clamp it down and use a sharpened scraper, holding the tool at an angle as you pull it. Take off all the old, stained surface. It can look like new!

For day-to-day cleaning, we mix 2/3 water, household bleach and a few drops of soap in a spray bottle, then brush and rinse. A little bleach goes a long way. Every month or so, scrub with hydrogen peroxide to get the blackish cut marks gone.

 

[BC Coast Pilot]

Bleach, undiluted

 

[BC Coast Pilot]

It didn’t melt it? That was my concern that it would just turn into goo on the sanding discs.

It did not melt

 

[Foxsea]

It did not melt

The issue with sanding is that many small scratches remain, trapping more dirt and bacteria. If scraping is too slow, very light passes with a power plane can work or use a thickness planer, if you have access to one. Again, proceed very lightly. You'll restore a smooth, clean, sanitary surface.