Burnham_Bob
New member
putting my sails in the washing machine?
Normally at the end of the season I rinse the sails in the bath to get rid of the salt and hnag them out to dry. As the boat is only 23ft the sails aren't huge.
We now have a new washing machine which has a rinse only cycle and a 'no heat' setting. Anyone know why I shouldn't rinse the sails in the machine, let the spin cycle take most of the water off them (in the bath they stay wet and drip all the way to the back door!) and then hang them out to dry?
Actually, they could do with a proper wash - especially the genoa - anyone know if a wash on very low heat - or no heat - would affect the sails at all?
Normally at the end of the season I rinse the sails in the bath to get rid of the salt and hnag them out to dry. As the boat is only 23ft the sails aren't huge.
We now have a new washing machine which has a rinse only cycle and a 'no heat' setting. Anyone know why I shouldn't rinse the sails in the machine, let the spin cycle take most of the water off them (in the bath they stay wet and drip all the way to the back door!) and then hang them out to dry?
Actually, they could do with a proper wash - especially the genoa - anyone know if a wash on very low heat - or no heat - would affect the sails at all?