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DaveR
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Initially Posted - 04/23/2009 :  06:07:54  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
Call me easily amused but I'm excited because I'm going to a [url="http://www.truenorthsailingservices.com/sails.html"]local sail shop[/url] today to get my slightly ripped 110 repaired, to see about taking the stretch out of my main and to alter my deck sweeping 155 so it flies above the life lines. I'm told the rip repair will be in the neighborhood of $75. I also asked about cleaning the sails but they wanted $75 per sail for that as well, so I declined and he said he'd instruct me on how to do this myself. Has anyone cleaned their sails? Any advise? Thanks!
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JohnP
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Response Posted - 04/23/2009 :  09:29:10  Show Profile
I washed my jib last fall by scrubbing lightly with laundry detergent and warm water, then rinsing with a hose, and letting the jib dry out on the lawn on a warm day. I even spent a while ironing the coated dacron of the jib very carefully, with a steam iron and lots of wetting the fabric, on an ironing board, in the house. That took out the wrinkles that I had put in it before I started flaking my hank-on jib on the deck.

I also washed the dirty gray jib sheets in a bucket with hot water and laundry detergent stirring with a stick and then a few minutes with bleach added before rinsing a dozen times.
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DaveR
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Response Posted - 04/23/2009 :  12:56:37  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
Thanks John I'll give that a try!
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redviking
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Response Posted - 04/23/2009 :  14:36:31  Show Profile
Depending on the amount of staining, the sailmaker option might be worth it. Otherwise, I might also suggest a mild bleach solution scrubbed in with a firm bristle brush. Simple Green works ok too, but bleach say 3-7% is the best and when removed quickly will not damage the fibers too much. Loft the sails while still wet and gor for a sail. The tension of the wind will dry out the sail and eliminate the crinkly look.

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Response Posted - 04/23/2009 :  18:30:31  Show Profile
The preponderance of sources on the Web say a combination of liquid laundry detergent and chlorine bleach is fine on Dacron--just don't use bleach on nylon (such as a spinnaker) or laminates. A few sources warn against bleach, but they're outvoted by a wide margin in my sampling.
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DaveR
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Response Posted - 04/24/2009 :  05:32:03  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
Ya know Dave B, I don't know why I didn't do a web search on this myself. And Sten, I agree it would be best to let the professionals do the job but I have to stretch that dollar as far as I can. Thanks again guys, great food for thought.
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frog0911
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Response Posted - 04/24/2009 :  07:22:07  Show Profile
I have been cleaning my sails many years with the cheapest liquid dishwasher soap I can find at the dollar store. There seems to be the exact mixer of soap and bleach to make the sail look almost new. After washing with a stiff bristled brush,then hanging the sail up between a palm tree and the bat pole, I rinse again and let the wind dry it.
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