sail cleaning setup

There is a way to create a "tub" for soaks and washdowns, so your lawn may not suffer (soap doesn't usually hurt vegetation if diluted enough). It will enable you to washdown in more places. It also works for other large or long flat items like miniblinds, spars, whatever. You get the largest width of visqueen in the heaviest mils, mostly so you don't tear or puncture it. then, roll the edges around the cheapest 2X4 you can buy at HD. to make it deeper, set the rolled edge on bricks or cinder blocks. to deal with corners, roll the plastic over the wood so that it rolls under to the outer edge, do the longest sides first on wood slightly shorter in length than the material. then the short edges can be rolled and the corners will be raised to contain the water. arrange it so that one of the short edges is the most downhill and will drain in an acceptable spot when you unroll it. You want to be sure the sun won't amplify or damage while it's in chemical bath. It would be nice if pressure washers came with "gentle" switches, it would make cleaning as you lower or hoist much easier. At boat shows, there used to be a family in Washington you could mail your sails to for washing. Is there a product that could be applied after a deep cleaning to act like a sunscreen, dirt and salt repellent that wouldn't have a negative effect? It's also good to rinse the inside of your boom if it can accumulate salt crystals like our old cal 29 boom did. HH

Hi All Regarding a "gentle" setting on pressure washers, wands are available with two nozzles, and by twisting a control handle on the wand, you can vary the flow between the high pressure nozzle and a low pressure nozzle. Once you try one, you'll be hooked. Allows you to wash delicate areas with a twist of the wrist. $50-$100. Regards Jeff Raethke Cal 2-25 "Molly Rose" On Mar 16, 2011, at 3:03 AM, Helen Horn <he… [at] sbcglobal.net> wrote: > There is a way to create a "tub" for soaks and washdowns, so your lawn may not suffer (soap doesn't usually hurt vegetation if diluted enough). It will enable you to washdown in more places. It also works for other large or long flat items like miniblinds, spars, whatever. You get the largest width of visqueen in the heaviest mils, mostly so you don't tear or puncture it. then, roll the edges around the cheapest 2X4 you can buy at HD. to make it deeper, set the rolled edge on bricks or cinder blocks. to deal with corners, roll the plastic over the wood so that it rolls under to the outer edge, do the longest sides first on wood slightly shorter in length than the material. then the short edges can be rolled and the corners will be raised to contain the water. arrange it so that one of the short edges is the most downhill and will drain in an acceptable spot when you unroll it. You want to be sure the sun won't amplify or damage while it's in chemical bath. It would be nice if pressure washers came with "gentle" switches, it would make cleaning as you lower or hoist much easier. At boat shows, there used to be a family in Washington you could mail your sails to for washing. Is there a product that could be applied after a deep cleaning to act like a sunscreen, dirt and salt repellent that wouldn't have a negative effect? It's also good to rinse the inside of your boom if it can accumulate salt crystals like our old cal 29 boom did. HH >