How to clean the monkey fur?

[Blinking]

Hi all,

Anyone got any toptips on how to clean the monkey fur like fabric we have plastered all over the inside of the boat (walls and ceiling). Boat is 17 years old, so doubt its ever been cleaned. It has the usual black marks/dark discolourings from various leaks etc.

Of course we'd love to rip it off - but it'll be a big job and leave a huge mess.

So anyone got any ideas?

Thanks

 

[David2452]

We had that stuff on our last Bayliner, only way I ever found to clean it well was carpet shampoo & a strong vacum cleaner. You may need to hire an upholstery cleaning machine and do it all to make a really good job.

 

[ported0]

i love the description.... monkey fur /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[DAVIDO]

Hired one for our previous boat (bayliner) its called an AquaVac. Make sure you get the automotive accessories with the machine which gives you the narrow cleaning head to get into the awkward places.The hirer should supply you with the upholstery tablets to put in the machine.It basically squirts hot water and cleaner onto the surface and sucks it up straight away. Make sure you leave well ventillated after youve finished or you get condensation everywhere.

 

[David2452]

It must be a Bayliner thing, all the guys on BOC web call it that /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[Blinking]

Thanks for your replies.

Davido - have you done it on yours then - did it come up really good?

Monkey fur - I've never really heard it from anyone else, but its exactly what it looks like - is horrid stuff!

 

[DAVIDO]

It did come up very well, hard hot work though.

 

[enterprise]

Done this on our previous boat (2255 Ciera)

Remove as much soft furnishings as possible, even the mirror on the forward bulkhead & speaker mountings.

Mix Oxyclean & water in a spray bottle, work from top, above cabin door & really saturate the linning, have pleanty of old towels & idealy a Vax wet & dry vacume cleaner to remove the absolutley disgusting dirty water as it reemerges lower down by the seat basses.

Work your way down untill reach the deck joint padding, moping the dirty water as you go, you will be amazed how much lighter it actually gets once it has dried.

When dry, dry vacume it which removes the excess oxyclean crystals that have been traped in the linning.

Ours looked like new after this process, possibly easier with the right tools for the job but we were delighted with the outcome, so can recomend this method.