Removing water stains from silvertex

[julians]

Our boats upholstery is silvetex, and there are a couple of water stains on it, I've tried all the usual cleaning products (fairy liquid and various soaps) but they won't shift the stains.

So does anyone have any sure fire products for getting rid of water stains from silver tex?

 

[Hurricane]

Magic sponge?
Failing that - Cif? - cleans lots of stuff but it is a bit aggressive.

 

[julians]

Magic sponge?
Failing that - Cif? - cleans lots of stuff but it is a bit aggressive.

I will give those a go and report back

 

[Hurricane]

I will give those a go and report back

Cif cleans a lot of things well but you need to be careful that you aren't damaging the surface of the item you are cleaning.
For example, GRP Gelcoat cleans up really nicely with Cif but best to treat the surface afterwards.

 

[julians]

Cif cleans a lot of things well but you need to be careful that you aren't damaging the surface of the item you are cleaning.
For example, GRP Gelcoat cleans up really nicely with Cif but best to treat the surface afterwards.

Yep, I have also read that isopropyl alcohol is good for cleaning silvertex so will give that a try.

It seems like quite a tough fabric though,so hopefully will be ok,will try on a hidden area first

 

[julians]

Update I didn't try the CIF,but I tried isopropyl alcohol which didn't work.

I then tried some suncream, which worked a treat. A small amount of suncream,let it sit for a few minutes ,then agitate with your fingers,let it sit some more, then rinse off with fairly liquid and water. Repeat until the stain is gone. Took about 5 goes.

I used piz buin factor 30,but I guess anything like that would work.

 

[petem]

Magic sponges should always be a last resort for any cleaning challenges.

For silvertex, I'd have tried baby wipes. Glad you've found a solution though.

 

[julians]

Magic sponges should always be a last resort for any cleaning challenges.

For silvertex, I'd have tried baby wipes. Glad you've found a solution though.

Good idea with the baby wipes, there's not much they don't shift, might try that next time

 

[colhel]

Silly suggestion perhaps, but would water work for water stains?

 

[julians]

Silly suggestion perhaps, but would water work for water stains?

Not a silly suggestion ,I tried that, no joy!

 

[Portofino]

Glad you found a solution.
Our upholstery guy recommend this stuff .Available in most markets .Some sort of soap from Marseille.
It works on everything else on the boat as well handy to have on the boat .It not abrasive either .

 

[julians]

Glad you found a solution.
Our upholstery guy recommend this stuff .Available in most markets .Some sort of soap from Marseille.
It works on everything else on the boat as well handy to have on the boat .It not abrasive either .

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What is that stuff? Can't work out the translation to English (or Spanish).

I guess there must be a Spanish equivalent,will have a look round the chandlery/supermarket

 

[petem]

Did you try white wine vinegar? That's nice and gentle and can usually be bought in a spray at the supermarket.

 

[julians]

I spoke too soon on the suncream solution, once everything had dried out the stain was back.

So I have now bought some baby wipes and some white venegar and will give them a go tomorrow.

When the chandlery reopens on Monday I'll go and have a browse around and see what they've got.

 

[Portofino]

Chanteclair .
We get from IT supermarkets, buts is sold throughout Europe inc U.K. .

From U.K. Amazon .

 

[n.herring]

Really suprised you are getting water marks on silvertex, we have it and have not had problems. Will follow your answers and any solution with interest.

 

[julians]

Really suprised you are getting water marks on silvertex, we have it and have not had problems. Will follow your answers and any solution with interest.

Maybe it's not water marks?? I guess I don't know for certain that it's water, but it looks like that kind of thing

 

[julians]

Chanteclair .
We get from IT supermarkets, buts is sold throughout Europe inc U.K. .

From U.K. Amazon .
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Ah,it's a degreaser,thanks ,will see if I can find any locally,or at least something similar .

 

[jrudge]

Magic sponge?
Failing that - Cif? - cleans lots of stuff but it is a bit aggressive.

Be careful. The sponge is abrasive and in the right angle light you can see the marks you make

 

[colhel]

I found a bottle ofstuff called Ecover Stain Remover on board and it found surprisingly good

Stain Remover | Cleans & Protects | Ecover