Boat Cover Cleaning?
04-08-2011 | 07:41 AM
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From: Northern, KY (Cincinnati) Lake St Clair, MI Norris Lake, TN
Throw it in a swimming pool overnight. I have a full black cover on my Fountain CC and thats how I clean it. Works amazing and no work other than vacuming the pool. The chlorine in the pool isnt enough to hurt the cover but will kill/remove any mold/mildew. You might need some brick to weigh it down.
Next best is to soak it in a garbage can or big rubbermaid bin with the same chlorine content as a pool. Agittae now and then. rinse well.
Next best is to soak it in a garbage can or big rubbermaid bin with the same chlorine content as a pool. Agittae now and then. rinse well.
04-08-2011 | 01:04 PM
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I did last year. My cover had a lot of mildew,dirt,pollen and pine sap on it. Called my normal cleaners and the gave me the number to one with a machine big enough to handle it. Cover cleaned up good but not perfect. We retreated it with scotch guard and its repelled water nicely for over a year. 60.00 for the dry cleaner and around 20.00 for the scotch guard.
04-08-2011 | 01:23 PM
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Throw it in a swimming pool overnight. I have a full black cover on my Fountain CC and thats how I clean it. Works amazing and no work other than vacuming the pool. The chlorine in the pool isnt enough to hurt the cover but will kill/remove any mold/mildew. You might need some brick to weigh it down.
Next best is to soak it in a garbage can or big rubbermaid bin with the same chlorine content as a pool. Agittae now and then. rinse well.
Next best is to soak it in a garbage can or big rubbermaid bin with the same chlorine content as a pool. Agittae now and then. rinse well.
04-08-2011 | 07:39 PM
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That's what I was going to say. I lay mine out in the driveway and pressure wash it with one of those electric home power washer.
04-08-2011 | 08:06 PM
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All I could tell you is don't use that water repellant spray for canvas that they sell in West Marine. Had a brand new cockpit cover made in February, picked up a bottle of that stuff and sprayed the cover down. The next day went to check on the boat and the cover had blotches and runs all over it, the cover is ruined, having a new one made and keeping the old one for a spare.
04-09-2011 | 05:16 AM
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From: TR, NJ
All I could tell you is don't use that water repellant spray for canvas that they sell in West Marine. Had a brand new cockpit cover made in February, picked up a bottle of that stuff and sprayed the cover down. The next day went to check on the boat and the cover had blotches and runs all over it, the cover is ruined, having a new one made and keeping the old one for a spare.
Last edited by scarabman; 04-09-2011 at 05:17 AM. Reason: dont hold shift when typing numbers, duh
