Just got home from a wonderful weekend aboard, removed the Sunbrella bimini
fabric and brought it home to wash. Any do's or don'ts in washing this stuff??
Just one word: DON'T ! Years ago I bought an experienced boat with an equally experienced bimini and decided to wash it. Never again. It loses it's waterproofing, any isenglass on it gets cloudy, it shrinks while drying and brushing on new waterproofing
makes it look streaky and it still leaks. Again: DON'T! Use the old piece as a template to get a new one made by any reliable canvas shop. Sunbrella is not all that expensive (the heavy cost of a cover is in the frame and fittings) and a new Bimini
makes your boat look like a million bucks. IMNSHO -- George of Scaramouche, Lake Ontario, Canada
GordCoInc@aol.com writes:
>Just got home from a wonderful weekend aboard, removed the Sunbrella bimini
>fabric and brought it home to wash. Any do's or don'ts in washing this stuff??
Just one word: DON'T ! Years ago I bought an experienced boat with an equally experienced bimini and decided to wash it. Never again. It loses it's waterproofing, any isenglass on it gets cloudy, it shrinks while drying and brushing on new waterproofing
makes it look streaky and it still leaks. Again: DON'T! Use the old piece as a template to get a new one made by any reliable canvas shop. Sunbrella is not all that expensive (the heavy cost of a cover is in the frame and fittings) and a new Bimini
makes your boat look like a million bucks. IMNSHO -- George of Scaramouche, Lake Ontario, Canada
