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jimwilkins
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 Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:36 am Post subject: Sail cleaning |
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| What is a good cleaning product to use with water on my dirty sails... |
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gregorvass
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| Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:39 am Post subject: |
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I always use bleach on all my sails.......
And battery fluid on my boards.
NICE AND KLEEN
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Jaipal
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Location: Maui
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| Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 10:35 am Post subject: |
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| Bleach. Nice eco-friendly solution. That's just brilliant. |
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LeeD
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| Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 10:55 am Post subject: |
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| Go windsurfing, you might fall in and wash off the sail. |
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BajaVaya
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| Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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Windex or Brand X equiv works for me. Keeps windows sparkling (don't have to clean whole sail, but wiping it with old towel while wet does wonders for preservation). At the very least, recommend drying out sail, even if you stand it up rolled (leech/leading edge down), out of the bag.
Comment to LeeD: washing off in salt water is a one time solution -- guaranteed to leave a film that will never come off, and the accelerated destruction is great for vendor sails (sorry, 'sales') but bad for landfills and the Pacific Gyre. |
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ctuna
Joined: 27 Jun 1995
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| Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:47 pm Post subject: If you want to save your sail keep it out of the Sun |
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No cleaning needed except to satisfy your neat freak habit.
These things are designed for getting wet the biggest enemy is the Sun and pointy objects.
Do you really look through that window or are you sheeted in. |
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carl
Joined: 25 Feb 1997
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Location: SF bay area
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| Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:54 pm Post subject: |
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| BajaVaya wrote: | Windex or Brand X equiv works for me. Keeps windows sparkling (don't have to clean whole sail, but wiping it with old towel while wet does wonders for preservation). At the very least, recommend drying out sail, even if you stand it up rolled (leech/leading edge down), out of the bag.
Comment to LeeD: washing off in salt water is a one time solution -- guaranteed to leave a film that will never come off, and the accelerated destruction is great for vendor sails (sorry, 'sales') but bad for landfills and the Pacific Gyre. |
Salt water leaves a film that never comes off??? Only if you sail in an oil slick. Salt water does not leave a permenent or harmfull film.
Drying out sail??? I sail in saltwater all the time and never wash or dry the sails outside the bag and they last just as long as when I used to rince and hang dry them, so why bother.
LeeD is right, just go sail and they'll wash themselves. There are alot more important things to worry about. |
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boggsman1
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| Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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yeah....did this thread have to happen. cmon.
Boggsman |
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gerritt
Joined: 06 May 1998
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Location: Redwood City, CA
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| Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 2:40 pm Post subject: |
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Dirty water (SF Bay on low tide) will leave a film that comes off with a simple wipe. Clean ocean salt water is no problem. Fresh water can fog up the window when in the bag, but that goes away next time you get it wet. I have used Rain-Ex and Maguire's plastic polish for vinyl, but those wash off after about an hour.
The best solution for a dirty sail is the lay down jibe. Learn it and you don't have to worry about looking through your sail.
Sun, wrinkles, and sand are your sail's enemy. Promptly and properly roll up and bag your sail without a lot of sand on it post session, and you will get a lot more use out of it. All sails are designed to withstand water. Drying them off is a waste of time. Leaving it in the sun to dry is a waste of your sail. |
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jp5
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Location: OnUr6
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| Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Clean sails? Are you supposed to do that? |
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