Cleaning a bikini cover

[PEJ]

My canvas bimini cover could do with a clean. Can I stick it in the marina's big old washing machine?

Or would you put it on the pontoon and use soap, water and a stiff brush?

Edit > Bloody auto correct . Bimini not bikini . My moobs are not that big!

 

[Mr Googler]

I’ve found laying it on the pontoon, wet it, scrub with traffic film remover and power washing with a high pressure head works really well. Let it dry and treat with fabsil.

Probably not good for the material too often but as a once per year job it seems fine.

 

[AllanG]

I use Patio Magic...excellent on my cockpit canopy....dilute 1 part to 4 water and brush it on with a paint brush, then just leave it to do its work, which will take a few weeks, then put on some Fabsil to re-waterproof it....job done!!

 

[Seastoke]

well if it is as in the post ,I will do it in situ can you post photos first please

 

[Momac]

I use Patio Magic...excellent on my cockpit canopy....dilute 1 part to 4 water and brush it on with a paint brush, then just leave it to do its work, which will take a few weeks, then put on some Fabsil to re-waterproof it....job done!!

Similar for me except I spray on the Patio Magic.
also spray it on the side decks and around the anchor locker hatch, on ropes and on the teak.
Then do nothing .

I have just today bought some alternative but hopefully very similar product from aldi which was just in store today
https://www.aldi.co.uk/doff-path,-patio-&-decking-cleaner-/p/069689272573901

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[rosssavage]

Me too, although I use ‘wet and forget’. Pretty sure it’s the same stuff as patio magic - works in the same way and very effective.

You need to wait a month after application and have some rain to see the full effect.

 

[Momac]

Me too, although I use ‘wet and forget’. Pretty sure it’s the same stuff as patio magic - works in the same way and very effective.

You need to wait a month after application and have some rain to see the full effect.

Yes there are various products
With little effort from me the boat keeps elf clean over winter .

 

[Andy Cox]

Similar for me except I spray on the Patio Magic.
also spray it on the side decks and around the anchor locker hatch, on ropes and on the teak.
Then do nothing .

I have just today bought some alternative but hopefully very similar product from aldi which was just in store today
https://www.aldi.co.uk/doff-path,-patio-&-decking-cleaner-/p/069689272573901

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+1 for Patio Magic. Brilliant stuff.
Do you re seal the canvas with Fabsil or similar?

I haven't been doing that but was wondering about it recently.
Andy

 

[Momac]

+1 for Patio Magic. Brilliant stuff.
Do you re seal the canvas with Fabsil or similar?
I haven't been doing that but was wondering about it recently.
Andy

I treated the canvas with Fabsil Gold some time ago - probably in 2017.
Water does not bead on the surface of the canvas but nor does the canvas let water through.

 

[Andy Cox]

I treated the canvas with Fabsil Gold some time ago - probably in 2017.
Water does not bead on the surface of the canvas but nor does the canvas let water through.

Did you use the Fabsil with the canvas in situ and did it have any detrimental effect on the plastic windows?

 

[Andy Bav]

We had mould on ours and found a diluted solution of Milton fluid got rid of most, but as others have said, patio cleaner did a good job also...

 

[Momac]

Did you use the Fabsil with the canvas in situ and did it have any detrimental effect on the plastic windows?

I applied the Fabsil on day with no wind taking care to avoid getting it on the windows .

 

[Poignard]

Is there any reason why ordinary washing-up liquid and hot water cannot be used?

 

[Momac]

Is there any reason why ordinary washing-up liquid and hot water cannot be used?

I have tried ordinary detergents and they don't kill the green or mould .

 

[PlanB]

My canvas bimini cover could do with a clean. Can I stick it in the marina's big old washing machine?

Or would you put it on the pontoon and use soap, water and a stiff brush?

Edit > Bloody auto correct . Bimini not bikini . My moobs are not that big!

I wouldn't want to use the washing machine after that had been in it (on the assumption is was even still workng).

 

[Blue Sunray]

My canvas bimini cover could do with a clean. Can I stick it in the marina's big old washing machine?

Or would you put it on the pontoon and use soap, water and a stiff brush?

Edit > Bloody auto correct . Bimini not bikini . My moobs are not that big!

I put spray dodgers in the washing machine, having done the resit of the canvass covers in the bath - they shrank! (not much but sufficient that some of the snap fastener fittings would no longer meet up with their twins on the hull.

However another vote for patio magic and Fabsil Gold.

 

[Poignard]

I have tried ordinary detergents and they don't kill the green or mould .

Thanks but I should have made it clear that my sprayhood doesn't have mould; it's just grubby from airborne dirt. In which case, would washing-up liquid do?

 

[VicS]

Re: Cleaning a bimini cover

I have just today bought some alternative but hopefully very similar product from aldi which was just in store today
https://www.aldi.co.uk/doff-path,-patio-&-decking-cleaner-/p/069689272573901

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Me too, although I use ‘wet and forget’. Pretty sure it’s the same stuff as patio magic - works in the same way and very effective.

The Doff patio cleaner from Aldi is the same as Patio Magic

ITYWF that Wet and Forget is more concentrated but also more expensive

Homebase sell a similar product but it is more dilute. Ready to use in fact. It looks cheaper but works out more expensive

 

[rubberduck]

Can I borrow the girl while you clean her bikini

 

[tico]

Just a thought.... Probably wise to refit the canopy while it's still wet/damp. otherwise it can shrink and be a real bugga to refit.

Once it's fully dry then remove to reproof