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Jay April 22nd 04 03:42 AM

Cleaning Bow Covers
 
At the end of last season a small pool of water froze, thawed, and
evaporated off my bow cover (Sun Brella). It left a brown-ish water stain..
My question is, what is a good way to clean this stain out... I've read ( in
the manuals) that any kind of soap shouldn't be used as it'll strip away the
water resistance quality of the material....

thoughts?

-j



Tuuk April 22nd 04 04:16 PM

Cleaning Bow Covers
 
Yes,, cleaning it with a harsh abrasive cleaner will do a good job of
cleaning it, but will remove the protective silicone or waxy protective
coat.
So clean it and replace the protective coat. You can get a can of silicone
spray at any hardware store and simply coat it. You probably could coat it
every year. The tarp or cover will last a lot longer.







"Jay" wrote in message
...
At the end of last season a small pool of water froze, thawed, and
evaporated off my bow cover (Sun Brella). It left a brown-ish water

stain..
My question is, what is a good way to clean this stain out... I've read

( in
the manuals) that any kind of soap shouldn't be used as it'll strip away

the
water resistance quality of the material....

thoughts?

-j





Slambram April 22nd 04 07:48 PM

Cleaning Bow Covers
 
On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 11:16:10 -0400, " Tuuk"
wrote:

Yes,, cleaning it with a harsh abrasive cleaner will do a good job of
cleaning it, but will remove the protective silicone or waxy protective
coat.
So clean it and replace the protective coat. You can get a can of silicone
spray at any hardware store and simply coat it. You probably could coat it
every year. The tarp or cover will last a lot longer.


303 High Tech Fabric Guard will restore the protective coating. In
fact, i believe it's reccomended by Sunbrella...

Jay April 23rd 04 12:06 AM

Cleaning Bow Covers
 
neat.
thank you both.. i have to give that a go..

-j

"Slambram" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 11:16:10 -0400, " Tuuk"
wrote:

Yes,, cleaning it with a harsh abrasive cleaner will do a good job of
cleaning it, but will remove the protective silicone or waxy protective
coat.
So clean it and replace the protective coat. You can get a can of

silicone
spray at any hardware store and simply coat it. You probably could coat

it
every year. The tarp or cover will last a lot longer.


303 High Tech Fabric Guard will restore the protective coating. In
fact, i believe it's reccomended by Sunbrella...





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