| Close the pool, shock the sails. #25086 10/13/03 10:36 PM 10/13/03 10:36 PM |
Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 46 Long Island,NY malc OP
newbie
|
OP
newbie
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 46 Long Island,NY | If you sail in an area with alot of green stuff in the water, and your sails and lines get dingy looking at the end of the year, consider this.
When you, or your mother-in-lay (HaHa) is closing her pool, and the pool has been shocked with a good amount of chlorine, throw all of your ropes and sails, and the tramp, in the water for a couple of hours. The stuff comes out looking like new. I did a bit of research, and most of it says that chlorine has no effect on dacron. Many sites suggest cleaning dingy sails with bleech.
I've done this for a number of years, and never seen any damage I could attribute to chlorine. The logos on the sails might fade slightly, but the sun does far more fading.
Even better, throw all of the loose hardware in the pool to wash out as much salt as possible. Things like furler drums often get put away with salty lines on them for the whole winter.
| | | Re: Close the pool, shock the sails.
[Re: malc]
#25089 10/14/03 07:54 AM 10/14/03 07:54 AM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 12,310 South Carolina Jake
Carpal Tunnel
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | Chlorine is not very friendly to 304 and 303 Stainless Steel (some of your rigging parts are probably of this material)...however, the dilution rate even in a 'shocked' pool is probably not enough to cause a problem. We build machinery for most major retail chlorine manufacturers and occasionally get some stainless mixed up (there is a higher grade of stainless that resists chlorine). The result is that the inferior stainless part quickly rusts.
Jake Kohl | | | Re: Close the pool, shock the sails.
[Re: nu2cats]
#25090 10/14/03 09:41 AM 10/14/03 09:41 AM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 1,449 phill
veteran
|
veteran
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 1,449 | Altermatively put your sheets into a pillowcase and then throw into the washing machine.
I know that the voices in my head aint real, but they have some pretty good ideas. There is no such thing as a quick fix and I've never had free lunch!
| | |
|
0 registered members (),
363
guests, and 82
spiders. | Key: Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod | | Forums26 Topics22,405 Posts267,056 Members8,150 | Most Online2,167 Dec 19th, 2022 | | |