[Rhodes22-list] Stains and Dirt

[Cary Tolbert]

Thanks Graham! Much appreciated.
Cary

On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 11:49 AM, Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca>
wrote:

> 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
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> -----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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