Cleaning Bird Poop on canvas

Dec 19, 2006
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Hunter 36 Punta Gorda
I have bird poop on my canvas from this past season and thinking washing each piece in washing machine with spot cleaner with also soap.
 
Jan 11, 2014
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Sabre 362 113 Fair Haven, NY
I would avoid the washing machine. The machine can be kind of brutal to the canvass and any vinyl.

A soft deck brush along with a mild soap, boat soap, woollite, etc. and throughly rinse the soap off.
 
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Sep 24, 2018
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Catalina 30 MKIII Chicago
I usually hit it with the needlepoint setting on a standard garden hose and take my canvas to the cleaners after every season. For the most part they come back looking new. It usually costs $60-100 for sail cover, bimini, boot and tiller cover. You should also take a look at Sunbrella's stain chart
 
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DArcy

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Feb 11, 2017
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Islander Freeport 36 Ottawa
I lay the canvas (main cover, bimini, dodger) out on the driveway and use a combination of garden hose and soft scrub brush with mild soap. I leave them to dry on the deck railing and hope no more poop accumulates :rolleyes: