I took my wife on her first boat inspection this morning. A very nice (to me) 2001 310.
It was important to take her, as her sense of smell is ultra-sensitive and mine is literally non-existent. As soon as she went below, she commented on a 'mildewy' smell from the aft berth area. She's not familiar with what 'normal' is on a boat.
If I go forward with this boat, it's likely renovations will be in order for the mattress and the berth cushions. Apart from the smell she gets weirded out by using someone else's bedding. I tried to explain that she doesn't have a problem in hotels, but you know how that argument goes.
Anyway, have any of you cleaned or replaced the mattress? If so, how cleaned, or where sourced new, and what were your experiences? The aft-berth foam will be easy to come by but, as always it's the covers that are difficult. With the vinyl bottoms, will the covers launder normally? Anyone on the left coast have good experiences with someone doing covers?
Any help is good help, thanks!
Richard
It was important to take her, as her sense of smell is ultra-sensitive and mine is literally non-existent. As soon as she went below, she commented on a 'mildewy' smell from the aft berth area. She's not familiar with what 'normal' is on a boat.
If I go forward with this boat, it's likely renovations will be in order for the mattress and the berth cushions. Apart from the smell she gets weirded out by using someone else's bedding. I tried to explain that she doesn't have a problem in hotels, but you know how that argument goes.
Anyway, have any of you cleaned or replaced the mattress? If so, how cleaned, or where sourced new, and what were your experiences? The aft-berth foam will be easy to come by but, as always it's the covers that are difficult. With the vinyl bottoms, will the covers launder normally? Anyone on the left coast have good experiences with someone doing covers?
Any help is good help, thanks!
Richard