Mark
Lake City, MN
Boat Name: Sick Days
Model/Year: 1993
Hull No.
Hailing Port: Lake City, MN |
 04/22/2009 11:25 AM Pacific Time
I just recently purchased a Catalina 22 and unfortunately believe they had stored the sails on the boat in the down season. We have the original and fairly new Ullman Sails with the boat. The sails have quite a bit of mold and mildew on them. Any suggestions on how to remove the mildew? I am hesitant to use Clorox but have found a couple sites suggesting it (highly diluted) also is it safe to use OxyClean on sails. |
Bill Braun & Christine Sammel
Evanston, Illinois
Boat Name: Da Doo Run Run
Model/Year: 1989 Catalina 22
Hull No. 14840
Hailing Port: Wilmette, Illinois |
04/22/2009 6:55 PM Pacific Time
We have had luck with using a 1 part bleach to 4 parts water spray mixture on mildewed sails. What we made sure we did, though, was to lay the sails out on the lawn on a sunny day, so that the bleach mixture dried pretty quickly. It was amazing to watch the mildew just ... disappear! Only several spots needed a second treatment. These were dacron sails.
Bill & Christine
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Willard E. (Will) Lee
Atlanta, GA
Boat Name: Southern Gale
Model/Year: C-22/1977
Hull No. 7657
Hailing Port: Lake Lanier Georgia |
04/23/2009 8:03 AM Pacific Time
The sails that came with my C22 were also mildewed and dirty. I purchased a cheap 30 gallon garbage can; filled it with water and OxyClean; dropped the sails in the garbage can and let them soak 24 hours. That did a good job with a minimum of scrubbing. |
Jim Kuertz
Cincinnati, Ohio
Boat Name: Almost Heaven III
Model/Year: 1989 Wing
Hull No. 14834
Hailing Port: Indian Lake, Ohio |
04/23/2009 4:49 PM Pacific Time
Mark
Try 1 cup of dish washing detergent per gallon of water, scrub then wait 15 min. then rinse. Works great
Jim |
