ok guys/gals i need some help here...

i recently purchased a "shark skin" full cover thru cover search.com
the cover is actually made by westland industries, i have had some
of their covers in the past and seemed to be ok.this particular cover
is nylon. i happen to notice a few weeks ago a little discoloration on
the rub rail,over the weekend i took the cover completely off and found
that approx. half of the rub rail had discolored significanly, starting at the
bow (worst area) and running towards the stern. i tried different compounds
and even laquer thinner, nothing touched it. i have made contact with
westland and they admitted that this is a problem, they are sending me an upgraded cover (sumbrella) and said that they will send some cleaner to remove the dicoloration. i am a little skeptical, and i thought that i would through this out to all the baja owners and see who else has encountered this mess.

jcboats

I've had both a blue and a black Sharkskin cover from them, and never had this problem.
What color is it that you are having do this?

Acetone should fix the rub rail.

WOW, sorry to hear this.

I have purchased two covers from them, one for the 272 and one for the 36 Outlaw, but they were both Sunbrella.

Was actually looking at the Sharkskin because I thought it may be lighter and something I woudl be able to carry on poker runs.

Is your rubrail the white rubber type?

steel outlawed

i thought that laquer thinner ould do the trick, i will try the acetone over the weekend and let you know... this is not the rubber type insert, it is hard plastic.

pwam1

this is the navy blue shark skin cover

dock

i have the standard hard plastic case with the ss insert. (sst package)

p.s. like the bush/cheney icon!!!!

jc

Copy it over and use it if you like. The more the better!!!!!!!!!!!

The only this I have seen the stainless part discolor was when gasoline was spilled on it. Had a buddy that had his boat in dry storage and the boat above dumped a lot of gas and it ruined his cover, and discolored the rub rail and his prop.

I know they polished like fools for days using everything they could find to clean it up.

Good luck

dock:

it is not the stainless that is dis-colored, it is the plastic..

jc