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CraneHillFast 07-15-2013 12:19 PM

Blue Stain on Vinyl
 
So wife was laying on the back pad yesterday before we went out and had a new blue cover up on. Somehow the cover up stained my vinyl and it looks like a smurf took a dump on my back sun pad. I have tried everything I felt comfortabe using to get it out. I have used vinyl cleaner, small amount of clorox, Goop, Fast Orange and purple power on a small test area. Nothing is touching it.

PLEASE HELP!

4mulafastech 07-15-2013 12:25 PM

Try magic eraser (lightly), then recondition with 303 protectant. After that, anything left should fade to white after a few days in bright sunshine.

Same thing happened to me. New red swimsuit that wasn't pre-washed. That's the rule now. All new suits are washed prior to getting on the boat!

CraneHillFast 07-15-2013 12:29 PM


Originally Posted by 4mulafastech (Post 3958941)
Try magic eraser (lightly), then recondition with 303 protectant. After that, anything left should fade to white after a few days in bright sunshine.

Same thing happened to me. New red swimsuit that wasn't pre-washed. That's the rule now. All new suits are washed prior to getting on the boat!

What is the 303 protectant? I have seen that mentioned on other threads. Is it similar to mothers marine cleaner and protectant. That is what I have always used.

Griff 07-15-2013 12:29 PM

Clorox Clean Up and then sunlight should fade it away.

97FASTech 07-15-2013 12:32 PM

A product like Armour All, 303 is a really good product.

http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&key...sl_jn4dvh3uy_b

4mulafastech 07-15-2013 12:34 PM

It is more of a protectant than a cleaner.

http://www.303products.com/303r-aero...tant-32oz.html

Knot 4 Me 07-15-2013 12:39 PM

No need to use anything other than a normal mild cleaner and then let the sun take care of the rest. Anything too abrasive or chemically strong will remove the protective coating on the vinyl. I had red seats at one time from a new swim suit. Sun bleached them out back white.

CraneHillFast 07-15-2013 01:01 PM


Originally Posted by Knot 4 Me (Post 3958955)
No need to use anything other than a normal mild cleaner and then let the sun take care of the rest. Anything too abrasive or chemically strong will remove the protective coating on the vinyl. I had red seats at one time from a new swim suit. Sun bleached them out back white.

How long did it take?

I was in "throw up" mode on the dock yesterday. What's even worse is my new nieghbors were looking the boat over and couldn't beleive it is a 97 because it is/was so clean. Then wife stands up and BAM!!!!!!!! Blue Smurf Stain.........

Knot 4 Me 07-15-2013 01:18 PM

Don't recall exactly how long it took but they were definitely bleached back white at some point during the same boating season. Happened on a July trip to LOTO.

Griff 07-15-2013 01:22 PM


Originally Posted by CraneHillFast (Post 3958969)
How long did it take?

I was in "throw up" mode on the dock yesterday. What's even worse is my new nieghbors were looking the boat over and couldn't beleive it is a 97 because it is/was so clean. Then wife stands up and BAM!!!!!!!! Blue Smurf Stain.........

I had a new red shirt do the same thing on my boat. With the Clorox Cleanup and about 3-5 days of sun the pink satin was 90% gone and 100% gone in a few weeks.


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