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cabin ceiling cleaning
The ceiling of my boat's cabin is stretched white fabric with small
holes over foam (I imagine). I wish I could describe it better, but even though I think it's a pretty common fixture in cabins, I've never heard a name for it. In any case, years of cooking and general use has yellowed it. I've tried spray-on bleach, but with no success (the spray clouded up the cabin and burned my eyes...and the fabric was still dirty). Any ideas? Thanks, Mike |
cabin ceiling cleaning
"Mike" wrote in message ups.com... The ceiling of my boat's cabin is stretched white fabric with small holes over foam (I imagine). I wish I could describe it better, but even though I think it's a pretty common fixture in cabins, I've never heard a name for it. In any case, years of cooking and general use has yellowed it. I've tried spray-on bleach, but with no success (the spray clouded up the cabin and burned my eyes...and the fabric was still dirty). Any ideas? Thanks, Mike You can try using a carpet steam cleaning machine using a wand and nozzle attachment. Other than that you can try cleaning it with an 'oxiclean' type cleaner. We used the 'oxiclean' for a corner area of the headliner on our last boat (stained from a water leak which I repaired) and it worked great. It may be too tough of a task for a large headliner area though. |
cabin ceiling cleaning
On 31 May 2006 15:11:06 -0700, "Mike" wrote:
The ceiling of my boat's cabin is stretched white fabric with small holes over foam (I imagine). I wish I could describe it better, but even though I think it's a pretty common fixture in cabins, I've never heard a name for it. In any case, years of cooking and general use has yellowed it. I've tried spray-on bleach, but with no success (the spray clouded up the cabin and burned my eyes...and the fabric was still dirty). Any ideas? Thanks, Mike I'd probably try 409. If it's grease, that works about as good as anything. -- 'Til next time, John H ****************************************** ***** Have a Spectacular Day! ***** ****************************************** |
cabin ceiling cleaning
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cabin ceiling cleaning
JohnH wrote: On 31 May 2006 15:11:06 -0700, "Mike" wrote: The ceiling of my boat's cabin is stretched white fabric with small holes over foam (I imagine). I wish I could describe it better, but even though I think it's a pretty common fixture in cabins, I've never heard a name for it. In any case, years of cooking and general use has yellowed it. I've tried spray-on bleach, but with no success (the spray clouded up the cabin and burned my eyes...and the fabric was still dirty). Any ideas? Thanks, Mike I'd probably try 409. If it's grease, that works about as good as anything. -- 'Til next time, John H ****************************************** ***** Have a Spectacular Day! ***** ****************************************** 409 on a fabric headliner? No way! See my earlier response. |
cabin ceiling cleaning
Thanks for the quick replies, steam cleaning is a great idea. I have a
friend with a mini steam cleaner which would be perfect to use in the cabin. 409 is pretty much what I'd tried originally, but some hard scrubbing might help. And I'll only replace it if all else fails... Thanks, Mike |
cabin ceiling cleaning
Thanks for the quick replies, steam cleaning is a great idea. I have a
friend with a mini steam cleaner which would be perfect to use in the cabin. 409 is pretty much what I'd tried originally, and apparently that was a bad idea? I'll take a look at oxiclean products, and some hard scrubbing might help regardless. I won't be trying to replace that headliner by myself anytime soon--while I love projects, I hate blunders. Thanks all, Mike |
cabin ceiling cleaning
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says... jps wrote: In article . com, says... The ceiling of my boat's cabin is stretched white fabric with small holes over foam (I imagine). I wish I could describe it better, but even though I think it's a pretty common fixture in cabins, I've never heard a name for it. In any case, years of cooking and general use has yellowed it. I've tried spray-on bleach, but with no success (the spray clouded up the cabin and burned my eyes...and the fabric was still dirty). I'm pretty sure it goes by the same name as what's in your car. Headliner. Cooking grease or smoke doesn't come out of anything very easily. Probably will take some scrubbing and then it'll probably only improve incrementally. Headliner isn't hard to come by and it's not particularly hard to replace if you're inclined and a little bit handy. jps Removing and replacing the headliner with nice results is not a job for even those who are "a bit handy". If it comes to that I would only trust an experienced contractor. I'm sure a bonehead could screw it up pretty well but I've done it with an extremely clean result. I'm not an upholsterer or canvas sewer. Maybe it's just because I've got mad skills and don't see it. My work matched very nicely with what was there that didn't require replacement. jps |
cabin ceiling cleaning
"Mike" wrote in message oups.com... Thanks for the quick replies, steam cleaning is a great idea. I have a friend with a mini steam cleaner which would be perfect to use in the cabin. 409 is pretty much what I'd tried originally, but some hard scrubbing might help. And I'll only replace it if all else fails... Thanks, Mike We had our carpeting and headliner professionally steam cleaned prior to selling our last boat....the results were quite impressive. We have a "Green Machine" steam cleaner and tried it before we called a professional. The results using that machine were poor, especially considering the time and effort spent on our part. You may want to consider just contracting it out to a professional from the beginning and enjoy your saved time. ;-) By all means though stay away from off the wall advice,such as from the person recommending using 409 hard surface cleaner on a headliner fabric. I doubt those folks have any previous experience with this task and therefore should have stayed silent in this thread. ;-) |
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