Recommendations for a sail cleaner please

[The Third Man]

I have "volunteered" to clean the sails of two Optimist dinghies. One belongs to an enthusiastic young boy who manages to capsize with some frequency so his sail is quite stained as it goes into mud nearly every time. His sister on the other hand does not capsize so her sail is not so bad.

The sails were new this year so I want to be sure that nothing I do will harm them but will do the job. I always send my own sails away for cleaning so I have no experience of sail cleaning. Can anyone recommend a product that works but is safe please?

Thanks.

 

[Bobc]

Vanish for any stains, and dreft for the rest.

 

[VicS]

Recommendations for a sail cleaner

What a pity LakeSailor is on leave. I bet he could come up with a picture or two of ( scantily clad) sail cleaners. He certainly had some of car washers!