Boat cover cleaning

[Guest]

My boat cover has some mold spots on it from the crazy rainy summer we had this year in Texas, anyone have any "easy" ways to clean it other than on my hands and knees with a scrub brush and some car soap. Yes, I am lazy. Once I put the boat back in storage for the winter here in a week or so I will have the cover home to clean. I may just say screw it and not worry about it, it does not stink, it just looks kinda nasty.

[chpthril]

The mold/mildew will damage the cover if left on.

I would use a soft brush to clean the spots and then take the cover to the coin laundry and run it through a cycle with a bottle of Nikwax Tech Wash (or something safe for waterproof fabrics), and then spray it with a liberal coating of 303 Fabric Guard and Waterproofer.

When I would do the covers on our old boat, I would lay them, upside down, on a tarp in the driveway and spray them using a clean pump-up garden sprayer.

[Guest]

Thanks, good info. This will be a good project for a nice weekend this winter.

[Juiceman831]

I was just wondering if I could just take it to the local laundry place and throw it in one of those GIANT washing machines and just put the soap thats safe for it and wash away! its not like its bigger than your normal household blanket. Im sure itll handle it...wont it?

[Juiceman831]

My blankets just to expain that part are WAY bigger due to the wife and kids that sneak into my bed and HOG UP ALL MY BLANKETS..I have to get them oversized...dont ask me where they all get the blankets from..they travel to mexico ALOT so they buy me those thick,nice warm blankets for DIRT cheap! one a year to be exact.