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John H.[_5_]

On Tue, 12 May 2015 14:12:25 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 2:18:24 PM UTC-4, Justan Olphart wrote:
On 5/12/2015 1:51 PM, John H. wrote:
On Mon, 11 May 2015 04:33:56 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Well, brought the boat home and tried the new stuff, Vital Oxide. While it may kill mold and mildew, it does nothing to *remove* it. It still took as much elbow grease to get all the seats clean as it has in past years.

This year I'll be treating the surfaces with 3M's mildew preventative. We'll see if it helps in the battle with mildew.

I had good luck with clorox and water. Then wash with one of the spray cleaners to
get the clorox off.

Use the weakest bleach water solution that will do the job. A water
rinse should get rid of the bleach. Most anything except mild soap and
water will affect the fabric and stitching. It must really suck to have
to put your toys in storage for the winter. ;-)

It's not just the winter. During the summer months it sits in the slip with the cover on it, and it builds enough moisture under that cover that it will start developing mildew spots. Those are easy, but the ones that develop during the SC winter are much worse.

I'll probably pull it out of the water this year for those four months where we don't use it much. Maybe that'll cut down on the moisture and mildew.

I could just leave it uncovered and let the sun and rain take it's toll. Probably no mildew, just would have that fresh "sun-baked" appearance after a while.

Does your cover have vents? Maybe that would help.
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