slipknot
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Has anyone got any recommendations please?
Sail laundry. Southampton.
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VicS
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TipTop is the only one I can think of in the Solent area but they don't deal directly with the great british unwashed. Instead they trade through a country wide network of chandler and sail maker "partners".
Chances are if you take a sail to sail maker or a chandler advertising sail laundering that's where it'll go
See http://tiptopsails.co.uk/
There used to be one called Novosail or something similar that used high-tech methods but I think they have fallen by the wayside
TipTop AFAIK still use traditional methds ........... man on his hands and knees with a scrubber and a bar of Sunlight ?
Chances are if you take a sail to sail maker or a chandler advertising sail laundering that's where it'll go
See http://tiptopsails.co.uk/
There used to be one called Novosail or something similar that used high-tech methods but I think they have fallen by the wayside
TipTop AFAIK still use traditional methds ........... man on his hands and knees with a scrubber and a bar of Sunlight ?
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Daedelus
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I went along there once as there was a stain on the sail that wasn't there when I sent it off via the sailmaker and it was the only way to get it back to be re-cleaned in time for me to set off the next week.
At that time they used a pressure washer, some sort of detergent and a bloke with a broom rather than a scrubbing brush.
But almost everyone who offers sail cleaning uses them. For what it's worth I've used a sailmaker as they can then check the sails over and do any necessary repairs.
At that time they used a pressure washer, some sort of detergent and a bloke with a broom rather than a scrubbing brush.
But almost everyone who offers sail cleaning uses them. For what it's worth I've used a sailmaker as they can then check the sails over and do any necessary repairs.
