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INI
07-08-2007, 02:42 PM
How do you clean your boat cover?
just had the boat detailed(Matt and Warren kick ass) Thanks guys....
Want to get the cover washed or dry cleaned?
28 ft canvas cover
HOW do you wash it? and then the question is how do you dry it?
Thanks,
M

BoneDaddy
07-08-2007, 02:50 PM
I have washed mine in the driveway. I hosed off the driveway first and cleaned my shop broom. Hosed off the cover and used some car wash soap and the broom to scrub the cover clean. After it was cleaned and rinsed I used two ladders and a couple of saw horses to keep it off the driveway while it air dried. ;)

phebus
07-08-2007, 02:52 PM
I have used my pressure washer (with the least pressure tip), and it's worked great in the past.

Rexone
07-08-2007, 03:11 PM
As above on driveway works for me.
Do not dry (in dryer) most will shrink.

DMOORE
07-08-2007, 03:13 PM
+2 for the driveway and pushbroom. Oxyclean does wonders.
Darrell.

INI
07-08-2007, 03:13 PM
As above on driveway works for me.
Do not dry (in dryer) most will shrink.
wow....good call cant believe it didn't think of that...
Ha HA....it would fit a 24fter after a dry cycle..
thanks for the heads up

pvhca
07-08-2007, 03:22 PM
call camino real cleaners in upland ca, they dry clean covers and do an awesome job

coolchange
07-08-2007, 03:46 PM
If you use detergent on it you will remove the clorofloromorodeliocarbon that water proofs it and it will need to be retreated to be water proof. And they're not canvas they're Acrylic.:D

beach gomer
07-08-2007, 03:58 PM
I have a 26' Lavey and I took mine over to Rainbow cleaners in Havasu over buy the IHOP on the lakeside of 95. Cost was 25.50.They did a great job.

INI
07-08-2007, 07:42 PM
call camino real cleaners in upland ca, they dry clean covers and do an awesome job
Anything in Orange County?
Has anyone had anyluck south

supremeWAXer
07-08-2007, 08:27 PM
anytime buddy you have a real nice piece over there hopefully we can get after the other toys soon .. thanks
p.s. lose the racks yet haha
How do you clean your boat cover?
just had the boat detailed(Matt and Warren kick ass) Thanks guys....
Want to get the cover washed or dry cleaned?
28 ft canvas cover
HOW do you wash it? and then the question is how do you dry it?
Thanks,
M

Tom Brown
07-08-2007, 08:41 PM
I rinse mine in Woolite and hang it over the shower curtain.

Throttle
07-08-2007, 11:00 PM
mmmm, funny you should ask...
I just cleaned mine today... on the driveway...and used some more chapstick on the snaps...
left out to dry for 10 minutes and then hung over golf cart... (need to let boat air out in da garage a bit for a few days).

RitcheyRch
07-09-2007, 06:39 AM
Scrub it in the driveway and let it dry over the wall.

Sherpa
07-09-2007, 06:45 AM
wash in the largest commercial-sized washing machine you can find...
make sure to dry it ON THE BOAT............
if you dry it any other way than on the boat, it'll probably shrink and not
fit..
--Sherpa

SUBPRIME
07-09-2007, 09:31 AM
wash with hose on boat a couple times a year and once a year I have it drycleaned

desertbird
07-09-2007, 09:37 AM
Big Machine at the Laundramat and a lot of quarters :D

INI
07-09-2007, 11:18 AM
wash with hose on boat a couple times a year and once a year I have it drycleaned
Sub,
where do you have in Dry Cleaned?

TUNNEL T
07-09-2007, 11:25 AM
Big Machine at the Laundramat and a lot of quarters :D
Isecond that ! the oversized machine though ! might have to wash twice , but still worth it !

Powerquestboy
07-09-2007, 12:24 PM
I have been toying with the idea of throwing mine in the pool and getting after it with a scrub brush but I'm wondering if the chemicals will hurt it? Any thoughts? I dont have to worry about fading from the Chlorine because its white. Am I crazy?

YODA
07-09-2007, 06:25 PM
A buddy throws his in his hot tub, turns on the bubbles and jets for a while, then rinses and dries on fence. Works.....

blueman
07-09-2007, 07:11 PM
The chlorine in your pool is not strong enough to cause any problem with your cover. Using woolite is a good idea because it does not require a thurough rinsing.
By the way I am a drycleaner, and I wash my covers in a LARGE washer with a no rinse type soap, and always air dry them. Drycleaning can affect water repellency.

RitcheyRch
07-09-2007, 07:18 PM
Excellent idea. Maybe should try that in our community spa.
A buddy throws his in his hot tub, turns on the bubbles and jets for a while, then rinses and dries on fence. Works.....

SUBPRIME
07-09-2007, 07:22 PM
Sub,
where do you have in Dry Cleaned?
There a drycleaners in the strip mall at the intersection of Beach and Garfield in Huntington Beach, where I get it done, kinda pricy at $120 per clean but they do a really great job (looks like brand new when I get it back).