[Rhodes22-list] Stains and Dirt

[Graham Stewart]

Practical Sailor has reviewed sail cleaning products and gives excellent and
practical advice:
Here is one comments in an article from:
https://www.practical-sailor.com/issues/44_2/features/Quick-and-Safe-Sail-Cl
eaning_12353-1.html 

"We then tackled a sail that had been a birds' nest for a few weeks. We
tried Formula B and Starbrite Canvas and Sal Cleaner; both removed the
surface dirt, but none appreciably affected the underlying stains. We then
attacked the stains with CS-530 and Oxiclean, using procedures similar to
those described for the cushions.

Winds were very light and on the bow, the sail is full batten and does not
flog, so we scrubbed the stains right on the spars, hoisting and lowering as
needed for access. In all cases, the stains were greatly reduced within two
hours, and then vanished completely after several days' exposure to the sun
while sailing. Again, the lesson is that UV finishes the job, so quit when
you are about 80 percent of the way there."

Basically it boils down to Oxiclean and sunlight.


Graham Stewart
Agile. R22, 1976
Kingston Ontario Canada






-----Original Message-----
From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of
Cary Tolbert
Sent: June 13, 2018 10:50 AM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Stains and Dirt

I have searched Google looking for ways to clean and remove stains from a
sail.
Nobody seems to agree and there are those that tout the dangers of using
certain chemicals.

Trying to clean and remove stains from my 2 year old 130 jib from Stan.

Does anyone on the list have personal and practical experience on this
subject? Hopefully something that works without excessive measures.

Thanks!
Cary
Radford, VA
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