[Rhodes22-list] Washing the Cockpit Cushions

[Michael D. Weisner]

I've washed my cockpit cushions with various cleansers but the best cleaning resulted from letting them float in my chlorinated swimming pool for a day or two. Flip them over once in a while. Use them as floats while in the pool.

Mike
s/v Wind Lass ('91)
Nissequogue River, NY
I’d rather be sailing :~)

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From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of Mary Lou Troy
Sent: Sunday, May 1, 2022 10:00 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Washing the Cockpit Cushions

If they are the original cockpit cushions they are most likely Phifertex over closed cell foam. The cushions should be zippered so you can get the covers off.

You could try mild soap and water and a soft scrub brush. If that doesn't work, I seem to remember Rose Spitzer cleaning cushion covers with a bleach mixture and a garden hose.

I found a couple of items with a Google search that might help.
https://www.trivantage.com/itemfiles/pdfs/cleaning/AwnTex_Cleaning.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMpUZhodOiw

Don't leave any cleaner on the vinyl meash for a long period of time and try not to use any petroleum product. You don't want to soften the vinyl.

Best of luck,
Mary Lou




On 5/1/2022 9:41 PM, Matt Wilson wrote:
> The cockpit cushions.  There are some stains that normal scrubbing.  
> Has anyone taken the cockpit cushions out and wash the covers?
>
> On Sun, May 1, 2022 at 7:03 PM Weiss, Robert L via Rhodes22-list < 
> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
>
>> Which cushions? Cockpit or cabin?  I just removed the covers on my 
>> cabin cushions this past winter and took them to a dry cleaner. They 
>> were challenging to get back on, but not impossible.  My cockpit 
>> cushions I just scrub with a good cleaner and then rinse them.
>>
>> Bob
>> Beach Spring
>>
>> Robert L Weiss Jr.
>> Director of Music
>> First United Methodist Carbondale, IL Professor Emeritus, SIUC 
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>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Washing the Cockpit Cushions
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>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> Sorry to ask something so mundane of all you experts here on the 
>> list, but are there an tips in removing the cushion covers, cleaning 
>> them…and getting them back on again?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Matt Wilson
>> Hornblower II
>> White Bear Lake
>>


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