[C320-list] Wet Cushions

[Allan S. Field]

Warren - I tried the Jeff Hare strategy; we'll see how that works out.

I will be at the show on Friday if you want to try and coordinate something for that evening. - Allan

-----Original Message-----
From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Warren Updike
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 5:58 PM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Wet Cushions

There are instructions in the manual for cleaning the cushions of various stains. I can't speak to a total wetting.  I don’t have the manual at home; but, if you need the info, I'll bring it home and scan/send to you Allan.

We fully expect to be at the Annapolis Boat Show. Can we coordinate a 320 get-together?  It would be great if we could plan a group dinner. There are places outside of the "boat show" area that will be more reasonably priced.

Warren

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Hare [mailto:catalina at thehares.com] 
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 9:29 AM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Wet Cushions

Hi Allan, 

The washing machine is not likely to work out very well. Unless you have experience otherwise, you may not be able to get the cushions back in the covers with the cushions we have. Early models were different. These had the foam compressed in a vacuum bag so they could fit in the covers. They break the seal when the covers were mostly zipped and they expanded tightly. 


What we did when this happened to us was to mix up a bucket of woolite and wash them down with a hose on deck using lots of water to fully soak them. We did this in the morning on a sunny hot day and they dried nicely and have been fine since. No signs of the sticky dampness of salt.

-jeff

PS: are you going to the boat show this year? Shelly said she wants to go if she can get the time off. I wasn't planning on it but that got me thinking. 

"Allan S. Field" <allan.field at verizon.net> wrote:

We have the dark blue, velour-like material on our cushions in the main
cabin. Big waves today combined with a partially opened hatch resulted in
soaked cushions. The question is, does anyone know what kind of cleaning
this material will tolerate? Can I put the covers in a washing machine?
Should they/can they be dry cleaned? Thank you!

Allan S. Field
Sea Shadow - #808
Columbia, MD