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Sunbrella stain removal chart can be found on this page Sunbrella Charts & Downloads - Tecsew, Boat Covers & Marine Upholstery

Make sure to use any bleach at recommended dilution and thoroughly rinse off afterwards. Bear in mind it can have a negative impact on stitching and webbings as these are not acrylic. Sunbrellas cleaning and care videos can be found here Sunbrella Videos - Tecsew, Boat Covers & Marine Upholstery

The issue with centre cockpit boats with the mail sheet aft is clearing the main sheets with the Bimini frame when out in a reach, the wider the Bimini the further forward it has to finish. Tube size, it’s not all about the O/D, use thicker walled tube, we use 1.5mm, sometimes thicker, most use...

We have never ever quoted this figure for a Bimini and Stackpack. I will check what was on the quote on Monday. However, I do know a Stackpack, Bimini with frame, valise, neck shade panel, helm windows and blind together with a Bimini conversion were quoted for. So if we take the example where...

John, just for interest, this is the scanned model of the data we took. Anyone who knows about scanning will know it does not download from the scanner as a useable model but as cloud data with millions of unconnected points in 3D space. There are a number of steps to obtain a meshed model and...

Thank you, John. I have been on the forum a very long time and don't believe I've ever tried to advertise. I have answered questions where we have the knowledge, perhaps cleaning, how you would fit a bimini to a boat which presents challenges. I will keep my responses to trying to explain a few...

Hi John. I have no issue whatsoever with your post and would actually thank you for having the opportunity to quote. I just wanted to address some of the points raised which I feel deserve a response. For instance, my first reply is in response to reinforcement.

I will start with this point regarding lack of reinforcement. All our covers are well reinforced, more so than most that I see. As far as I am aware we were the first company to start reinforcing all roof panels where the zip pockets start and end, to add a pulling band to the rear edge of the...

There are a lot of complete mistruths on this post, some which are completey untrue have been liked by others in the trade which would appear to add weight to the post, but perhaps should question their morals. I would like the opportunity to reply to each and every point, just our point of view...

This is the link to the Sunbrella ova coated fabric. https://www.sunbrella.com/en-us/fabrics/item/3135/OPT-5049-150/Optimum-Charcoal-Grey John www.tecsew.com

Hopefully there is not a problem with posting this within the forum, if there is please delete and I will understand. There is a vacancy at Tecsew for a skilled canopy fitter with experience of fitting all types of boat covers including Sprayhoods, Cockpit enclosures and Biminis together with...

YKK even brought someone over from Japan to discuss the issue but to no avail. We have put so much pressure on them and have talked to other manufacturers about producing a top quality zip for marine use, you would think there would be a massive market with wet suits and the like. Plastic...

YKK are insistent that they can't produce the block and starting pin from Stainless. They reckon that stainless is too hard a material to be stamped and formed as a mass produced process. They started development of a Stainless slider, but this was stopped and they can't say when of if they will...

I would never even concider polycotton, the cotton content will give you problems with rotting, colour fastness, shrinkage and mildew. PVC goes stiff with U.V degradation. Sunbrella is an Arylic canvas and it's worth noting that their stated max wash temp is 30 and not 40 degrees. The fibres...

With regards to thread we looked for an answer to the problems we are all aware of many years ago. We went direct to an international thread manufacturer, Oxley threads as we wanted a better product in terms of strength, U.V resistance and colour fastness than was being sold via the Marine...