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I pulled one of my jibs and was delighted to find that the previous owner had a cat who pissed all over it. Last night I sailed it around in hopes of removing/lessening the odor, but no luck. Looking online I found that there are places you can send a sail, but I hope to use it next weekend for a camping trip on Blake Island. Has anyone had experience in removing unwanted aromas or cleaning sails?
http://cleansails.com/" ]Clean Sails" target="_blank">There&apos s a place called [url=" http://cleansails.com/" ]Clean Sails on Bainbridge Island that cleans sails, but you probably don't want to take a ferry over to do that. However, they do have pickup points, but you need to email or call them to find out what they are. I'd bet one of them is the ferry dock in Seattle.
http://cleansails.com/" ]Clean Sails" target="_blank">Thanks for the info. They have a two week turn-time and I was looking to get this done before next weekend. I&apos ll give the washing myself a shot and send if off if needs be. br / br / Thanks again br / br / blockquote id= quote font size= 1 face= Verdana, Arial, Helvetica id= quote quote: hr height= 1 noshade id= quote i Originally posted by delliottg /i br / br / There&apos s a place called [url=" http://cleansails.com/" ]Clean Sails on Bainbridge Island that cleans sails, but you probably don't want to take a ferry over to do that. However, they do have pickup points, but you need to email or call them to find out what they are. I'd bet one of them is the ferry dock in Seattle.
Ballard Sails is a dropoff point for one of the sail washing places. I don't know what the turnaround is like.
You can get enzyme based cleaner that will neutralize cat urine owners and which is unlikely to damage the sail. Any pet store will have it. It won't do anything to help staining.
It sounds like you have multiple jibs. At this time of year a genoa is probably all that you need, if it is one of the smaller ones then I wouldn't worry about not having it for a week or two.
I found this on another WEB site. I have not tried it.
I have used 1 gallon of bleach, 1 container of oxy-clean with 1 small box of mild detergent used for hand washing delicates, in a 55 gallon plastic barrel. Let soak for 2 hours with some agitating then reversed the sail in the barrel, because it wants to float, then repeated the process. Then 3 good rinses and the 135% looked like new. The sail is dacron and this is common practice with many sailors I have talked to in my area. Worked for me.
Word of caution about using bleach on your sail. If you do, use a very tiny amount - very diluted. 2nd, spray it on or brush it on with a scrub brush, then rinse it off within 5 minutes. I use a large dock to wash my sails every spring. First I wash down the dock with the scrub brush and dilute dishwashing detergent. Then I wash one side of the sail, rinse it off, then wash the other side, then rinse it off. Then I bend on the sails and rinse them again while open. This is a lot of fun if there's any wind. Prepare to get WET!
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