Cleaning cratch cover

[seadog42uk]

After mooring our boat near to trees for a while, has anyone any tipes on cleaning the green off the cratch cover?

[Chertsey]

Scrubbing brush and sore knuckles.

[Ray T]

http://www.canalworl...showtopic=33925

 

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Edited August 13, 2012 by Ray T

[Just Heaven]

Caravan Cleaner from Aldi - works wonders !

[Jamboat]

Cleaned ours with bio wash powder, scrubbing brush & lots of elbow grease, came up great & worked far better than the auto glym fabric hood cleaner that we had wasted money on.

[Daftmare]

Cleaned ours with bio wash powder, scrubbing brush & lots of elbow grease, came up great & worked far better than the auto glym fabric hood cleaner that we had wasted money on.

 

 

 

This is a job we need to do too, and I was just going to use warm soapy water and a scrubbing brush to do it. However, somebody at our moorings has suggested the fabric hood may need "re-waterproofing" if we scrub it too much.

 

I wonder, has anyone had a fabric hood lose its waterproofness after it has been cleaned like this?

 

Jo

Edited August 14, 2012 by Daftmare

[aread2]

This is a job we need to do too, and I was just going to use warm soapy water and a scrubbing brush to do it. However, somebody at our moorings has suggested the fabric hood may need "re-waterproofing" if we scrub it too much.

 

I wonder, has anyone had a fabric hood lose its waterproofness after it has been cleaned like this?

 

Jo

It depend on the fabric. Ours is fabric backed with a thick, shiny vinyl layer so no waterproofing required at all. If it looks like fabric on both sides maybe it will need reproofing after you have cleaned it.

[Kinver Canopies]

If it is fabric both sides use "fabsil" after you have cleaned it.

 

Had a customer the other day tell us his been using baby shampoo to clean the cover...and to be fair it looked good.

[gary955]

After mooring our boat near to trees for a while, has anyone any tipes on cleaning the green off the cratch cover?

I know you're apparently not supposed to, but I took mine off, layed it on a concrete slab and jetwashed it!

It came up a treat, took about twenty mins and it seems to have suffered no ill effects.

It was filthy too.

[Phil Ambrose]

I've posted this reply before, at one time I valeted floating "Gin Palaces" down on the Broads and the best way (and easiest) is to purchase some "Boat Wash in a Bottle" made by Starbrite. Damp the canopy/cratch and use a spray bottle (hand or garden sprayer) to spray the dirty item with it, work in with a stiff broom and allow to soak for a while and then just hose off, repeat if need be.

Needless to say we used a commercial detergent but Starbrite comes very close. Another good product is "Foaming Deck Scrub" this is magic for cleaning no-slip decks or roofs.

 

Phil

[seadog42uk]

Thanks for all the answers, I am getting down to the hard work.

[snigsnig]

I took mine off and soaked it in the bath!

 

Gave it a good scrub a few hours later with a bit of bio powder and it came up a treat.

 

N