prodigal1 wrote:
It appears that the sweat from our bodies


I had the same problem when I was boinking my 20 yo girl friends. Had a
huge 4 inch thick HD open-cell foam pad for a bed. I was really
surprised after several months of boinking when I rolled the mattress
up and found a 3' moldy spot under the mattress .

This was in a town at 2500' that got less than 19" annual rainfall. So
your problem is not isolated to a marine/sailboat situation.

Go with the steroid greenie scrubby pad. I used round scouring pads
intended for industrial floor buffers. Ask a custodian to save the used
wax stripper pads. They are the same thing only FREE.