mold on hull liner

[bhbradley]

Hi

I am looking at purchasing a 1988 Hunter 33. She hasbeen sittting at the dock for several years now and has developed mold on the cabin liner. Is there anyway to clean the liner and get rid of the mold, or is replacing the liner my only good option? Any ideas on what having the liner replaced would cost? Of course this will have an effect on what I would be willing to pay for this boat which overall seems to be in decent shape.

Thank you

 

[Steve Dion]

Sailrite sells a material that will work to replace what you currently have.

http://www.sailrite.com/HullBlanket-Headliner-Hull-Liner-Carpet-Type-Silver-Grey-M66

The other option would be to glass some battens to the hull and use wood strips.

As far as cleaning it you could hire a professional cleaning outfit try to steam clean the fabric.

It is nothing that cannot be remedied, you just need to adjust the asking price.

 

[bhbradley]

Sailrite sells a material that will work to replace what you currently have.

http://www.sailrite.com/HullBlanket-Headliner-Hull-Liner-Carpet-Type-Silver-Grey-M66

The other option would be to glass some battens to the hull and use wood strips.

As far as cleaning it you could hire a professional cleaning outfit try to steam clean the fabric.

It is nothing that cannot be remedied, you just need to adjust the asking price.

thanks Steve !

 

[FourPoints]

Hydrogen peroxide kills mold / mildew and destroys the cellular residue that can be used as a food source for a re-"infection " of mold or mildew. It is also safe to use on fiberglass...

 

[CHARLIE STAGE]

I have used both hydrogen peroxide and one of those name brand hand held steamers (need shore power) with really good success both on liners and fabric interiors. A good drying day or two with ports open is necessary or a source or drying heat will be mandatory. I have even used toothpaste for small areas but not on colors.

 

[FourPoints]

the problem with steam, like bleach is that it doesn't destroy the cellular residue of the mold or mildew, which is actually used as a food source for the next mold / mildew growth.

That said steam will both clean and kill everything and leave a pretty sterile environment, so it's going to do a good job short term, but as soon as you get mold or mildew spores back in the environment they will have a readily available nutrient source to feed off of.

There are only a few cleaning methods that remove that nutrient source, most of them are very nasty to work with (the old rule of thumb of more toxic the better and faster they work most likely applies here), but hydrogen peroxide is easy to work with and very safe, however it does take a while to do it's job so you pretty much need to spray it on with a spray bottle and just let it dry on it's own

 

[Marco Garcia]

Have you tried a Magic Eraser? As it works on capilary action, its the greatest mold sucker!!!