Hi Rick:
We have had good success using a pressure washer on dock and control lines for cleaning. For sails I would suggest checking with your sailmaker.
Posted by Steve Dashew (January 29, 2010)
Cleaning Sails and Lines
I am trying to determine what products are ok to use with
* Marathon 3DL 2004 140% Genoa
* Marathon 3DL 2003 90% Jib
* Ace Dacron Challenger Cloth 2002 Main
for light cleaning, I have been using just mild dishwashing soap and no bleach and rinsing the sails in the fall, but would like to see if one of the following would be ok. I would like to use
* 20 Mule Team Borax Natural Laundry Booster (sodium tetraborate decahydrate)
* Oxi Magic Mullti-purpose stain remover (Chlorine Bleach free) which has Sodium Percarbonate and Sodium Carbonate in it.
Are the two products above okay to use with the above sails?
Also my lines have some green mold/mildew and I’d like to see if I can use one of these on them as well
The lines are basically :
* Braided Nylon sheets and dock lines 1/2″
* StaSet-X halyards 3/8″
* Amsteel soling stay
I have not used any chlorox bleach.
I would like to use
* 20 Mule Team Borax Natural Laundry Booster (sodium tetraborate decahydrate)
* Oxi Magic Mullti-purpose stain remover (Chlorine Bleach free) which has Sodium Percarbonate and Sodium Carbonate in it.
Are the two products above okay to use with the above lines?
I had both Jibs coated with Sailcote Plus about 5 years ago to help with the mildew problem and it seems to be working but this year we had more than usual on one jib and I need to clean it better than mild soap would do.
Thanks,
Rick Gleason
