[Alberg30] Sail Cleaning

[Christos Katehis]

John,

Have you washed your sails? Other than lots off space to hang and wash, what
else is important?

Thanks

Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Birch" <Sunstone at cogeco.ca>
To: "Alberg 30 public list" <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Sail Cleaning


> As a rule of thumb - never clean your sails with anything stronger than
> detergent and a very soft brush or cloth - and do the work by hand.
> Commercial washers put them in machines which breaks down the resins and
> ruins them. The cloth becomes much more "stretchy" as the resins that help
> bind the threads & fibres and are broken down in the commercial cleaning
> process. I've seen this damage first hand - sail looks great but you can
> stretch the cloth by hand off the bias - something you can't do with cloth
> in good shape.
>
> I have no specific knowledge of the company you are referring to.
>
> My source is my sailmaker and every sailmaker I've talked to and books
I've
> read.
>
> Thx.
>
> John
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christos Katehis" <GreekSailor at worldnet.att.net>
> To: "Alberg 30 public list" <public-list at alberg30.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 12:42 PM
> Subject: [Alberg30] Sail Cleaning
>
>
> Has anyone used  "The sail Cleaners" in Ft. Lauderdale, FL ?
>
> Christos Katehis
> Kasia #383
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