I don't know how the full strength Oxy type cleaning products effect sails but the stuff I used was intended to be used on Sunbrella so it my be a milder version. It may have been called or sold by Osso.
A while back there was a sail cleaning discussion here or on Sailing Anarchy where a person recommended throwing the sail into a neighbor's swimming pool. The chlorine apparently does a good job. Others posting to that discussion did express concern about the chlorine's effect on the sails and stitching. Re fir droppings: I agree it is worth the effort to keep tree and lawn debris off the sail. Here in the PNW those little bits of organic material are incubators for mold and green goo. I hose off my driveway before cleaning Calypso's sails to minimize the exposure and carefully rinsed or brushed off any bits that I noticed when folding the sail up. I keep Calypso at Shilshole. For the last few years there has been an increase in monitoring for "soap" suds running off the boats. Even if a "environmentally safe" cleaning product is being used, my read of the marina's rules indicates no soap bubbles are allowed. Back a few years it was possible to clean the sails on board on a calm day. I would start with the sail hoisted and scrub all that I could reach then lower it and repeat until it was all scrubbed. Then to rinse I would reverse the process leaving it hoisted to dry. Martin Calypso 1971 C&C 43 Calypso ________________________________ From: CnC-List [cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] on behalf of Douglas via CnC-List [cnc-list@cnc-list.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 12:02 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Douglas Subject: Re: Stus-List Sails Martin I Oxyclean and similar products contain dehydrated hydrogen peroxide and I read where that is bad for some sail. I don’t know if that is true or not. Do you know. I know that would really brighten up the sail. I thought about using it. I don’t mind the cost, but it is extremely too high just to clean the sail and repairs are extra. That is close to 1/3 the price for a similar sail. I have a friend who has a sewing setup similar to a Para loft (military parachute shop) and do any stitching I need. I was going to hang 3 or 4 closet 1” dowel from the ceiling in the garage and drape it over the rods like Christmas candy ribbon. That should give plenty of room to dry them. I could tie them to the bumper and a couple of fir trees, but I don’t the fir drippings would be good for the sails. I will contact a couple of sail places in the area and see what say. I hear they all are sent to Bainbridge Island for cleaning. Larry From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Martin DeYoung via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 11:05 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Martin DeYoung Subject: Re: Stus-List Sails I have cleaned Calypso's sails in my driveway using a product made for cleaning sunbrella type canvas. I don't recall the name but it works similar to Oxyclean type products. I bought it at the big canvas shop in Ballard. After a short soak of the heavy mildew/dirt areas I use a long handled boat brush to scrub off the big chunks, rinse, then repeat without a soak. To get access to large areas of the sail I stretched it between the building, a basketball hoop, step ladder, and my truck bumper. I left it out (done in late spring or fall) to mostly dry before taking down to the boat to finish drying. It is a lot of work but I'm still too cheap to pay $500+ for the service. Martin Calypso 1971 C&C 43 Seattle
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