To clean the sails ready for the season you need to know some tips. Main point is to make sure you do not use too high temperature of water to clean sailing. Keep water temperature below 25C. Any higher and damage the fabric of the sail. Get some of these teams. Basin or large containers, for the candle to be put in time working on it. It must be large enough to allow the candle to be submerged.

Before putting the water in your sail, identify where the stains, and use one of the following directly on the stain. Any liquid dishwasher cleaner, d-limonene, a very mild solution oxalic acid, a product such as borax II or a product which has oxygenated bleach. Do not use common household violation. It has chlorine in it and damage the sail.

Once you have applied any of these products is recommended to stain with a cloth to rub the cleaner on the stain. Allow the cleaner to do its job, not expect immediate results. Leave no more than 30 minutes. If the stain has been removed by then, and probably your stuck with it! Pour warm water over the sail and wash cleaner out of the spot areas. You must then empty the basin.

Place the candle again and this time it will use warm water and soap for washing clothes sailing. You can use a soft brush to go over the candle, but do not scrub too. Again leave for 30 minutes in the soapy water. Empty the basin. Rinse thoroughly candle in cold water. Open to full sail and hang somewhere clear land to dry in the sun.

To summarize.

They have a good sized basin for sailing. Plenty of warm water, laundry soap and a soft brush. Stains can be treated with the products described. Wear gloves when handling cleaning products. Leave cleaning products to do their work for 30 minutes. Rinse the candle after cleaning. Hang to dry sail.

Ian McCulloch has been sailing and boating almost all of his life. For the past 35 years he has been building boats of all types. At present he builds fibreglass dinghies. Ian has several websites, one which concentrates on second hand sails.
http://www.secondhandsails4sale.co.uk
For more information on sails and maintaining them why not visit his website.

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