Cleaning the Vinyl

[Ks]

Thanks for the link, I will check it out.

[jleger98]

I just picked up some Exquisite Vinyl and Upholstery Cleaner and IMHO the stuff is awesome. I had a grease stain on my seat that was there when I bought the boat. Could never get it out with anything. This stuff took it right off.

Spharis did a whole compare over on his site

[Guest]

I really like the Babes series of cleaners.

boat soap
seat soap
seat conditioner
green stuff ( can't remember the name they use for it) but it is a like a speed wax.

totally happy with it..

We bought a spray bottle of Babes Cleaner when we picked up our boat and tried it to clean the vinyl since the boat was not prepped. It did not seem to do the job of cleaning heavy dirt areas. Will go to local boaters world to see if I can find other reccomended cleaners and try again.

[chpthril]

If it's real dirty, Simple Green and a mild-to-soft brush. Fallow up with a good coat of conditioner.

[da.bell]

Mr Clean's Magic Eraser....

Did my boat yesterday and only touched the white parts of the seats since I only had two erasers. Well, the white is as white as the gelcoat on my boat. Will very little scrubbing involved.

[Guest]

Mr Clean's Magic Eraser.... ik,

That what my wife and I talked about using last night after the install was done. We are happy the Wetsounds are in now but dissapointed with lack of prep by dealer. Ya Live and Ya Learn, even at 50

[dogbert]

I would have taken it back and had a conversation.

[Ks]

We bought a spray bottle of Babes Cleaner when we picked up our boat and tried it to clean the vinyl since the boat was not prepped. It did not seem to do the job of cleaning heavy dirt areas. Will go to local boaters world to see if I can find other reccomended cleaners and try again.

Here is what I do.


After a day of boating, I use the seat soap with a soft towel, it removes day to day stuff no problem ( at least for me) when I do a big clean or have had a full weekend on the boat with a more people I take the seat soap, spray it on direct to the seats and use a soft type scrub brush, I find I don't have to work hard, just agitate the material and then wipe off..... the rag will come away black and the seat is very white. After I do this I then will use the conditioner and call it a day.


If you boat is super dirty I think using the brush with any product is the way to go. Personally, If a cleaner works to good, I always wonder what it is harming or breaking down? Is it hurting the stitching or material itself?

Just my thoughts, I am pretty anal and I have a lot of white in my seats.

Im still learning, but overall I am happy with the BB stuff at this time.

[Guest]

I would have taken it back and had a conversation.

We have a passel of issues the least of them being cleaning. I would rather fight the battles that would cost me money later than the aggravation ones like lack of cleaning. This dealer had high marks for Customer service but right after I paid for the boat it has been downhill with various members of the staff including unfortunately the owner .

In the town where my dad lives there is a Tige dealer so I will contact them to see if they will handle Tige warranty work vs work on the trailer. If they will I will have boat service done out there three hours away vs a little over an hour.
I saved money at my dealer and gained ?

Only saving grace in WI is that the boat techs Doug & Jason and service manager Keith are good people who try to be helpful. I am happy with them but dissaponted with admin, sales, and ownership.

[evil0ne]

I just cleaned up mine this weekend and the only thing that really brings the white back is the Magic Eraser. I bought the Exquisite and it worked but not as well as Mr. Clean.

[jleger98]

I always thought Mr Clean was pretty harsh. Is that not true?

[da.bell]

I always thought Mr Clean was pretty harsh. Is that not true?

I don't know. I only use it once a year and then the Babe's products after every boating trip. The eraser does not seem to have any type of additive in it.

[spharis]

Mr Clean is the equivalent of fine sandpaper. It is very harsh, but it is used by many. If you use it, you can take a step back and look at what you just rubbed and you will see a difference in the grain. It appears to be nothing more than a specific type very dense foam.

[evil0ne]

I don't know. I only use it once a year and then the Babe's products after every boating trip. The eraser does not seem to have any type of additive in it.

Make sure you don't get the original and it should be ok.

Melamine foam is a foam-like material consisting of a formaldehyde-melamine-sodium bisulfite copolymer. The foam, because of its microporous properties, may remove otherwise "uncleanable" external markings from relatively smooth surfaces. For example, it can remove crayon, magic marker, and grease from painted walls, wood finishings, and grime from hub caps.
The open cell foam is not only microporous, but its polymeric substance is also extremely hard, meaning that it works like sandpaper but on a smaller scale, getting into tiny grooves and pits in the subject being cleaned. On a larger scale, the material feels soft. Because the bubbles interconnect, its structure is more like a maze of fibreglass strands than like the array of separate bubbles in, for example, styrofoam.
The substance needs to be dampened to work properly. It does break down rather rapidly, so a given block of foam generally lasts only a single intensive scrubbing session, though it can be used repeatedly for much smaller marks.

[Matt Garcia]

I try to use the Mr. Clean as little as possible, it is very harsh but does a really good job.

Also for the people using 303, it is only recommended to use it about once a month.