Wet Cushions...

Steve Dion · May 3, 2011

Dry Cleaning!

Steve Dion · May 3, 2011

No, you would need to remove the covers.

Fred Villiard · May 3, 2011

Put then in a large heavy trash bag, hook a shop vac to the bag seal it with tape that will get most of the moisture out. Then sun dry or take them to the laundramat in the big dryer on low or just air to finish drying

Alan · May 4, 2011

Made the mistake once of leaving the cushions on deck to air out in the sun. Wind blew them overboard. I took them home and soaked them thoroughly with a garden hose after removing the covers. Then stood the foam up on end for a week in the sun. They dried out nicely.

Buck420 · May 4, 2011

Wet Cushions.

Patrick,

I had the same problem several years ago when my cushions got soaked w/ salt water.
I took each of the foam rubber pieces and completely immersed and soaked them (one at a time) in a bath tub full of fresh water. Then stood them on edge outside in the sun for about a week. No problem after that.

doehunter · May 4, 2011

Patrick S/V Shangra-La said:
I got my v-birth cushions wet with salt water, and you know how salt attracts moisture. So I removed cushions, soaked them with fresh water to either dilute or remove the salt, hung them on he cloths line for 4 days to drip dry and have had them in the sun for the past week. They just don't seem to get really dry

Any body have an idea what I should do next. I thought about soaking with alcohol, as it has a good evaporative quality and may help dry them, but I'm not sure. Thanks for your help.

After one of our hurricanes down in Houston, we had a car that was in about 3 feet of water. We took everything out of the inside. Rinsed thoroughly with fresh water, hung in the sun for a day. Then we put the foam waterlogged seats in our attic! It's really hot up there in the summer. It worked very well.
Jim

RichH · May 4, 2011

Fred Villiard said:
Put then in a large heavy trash bag, hook a shop vac to the bag seal it with tape that will get most of the moisture out. Then sun dry or take them to the laundramat in the big dryer on low or just air to finish drying

Probably the best method to extract the water.
This will take some time and several 'vacuum-ings'. Apply the vacuum to the tightly sealed bag for as long as you can as this will more quickly 'flash' off (essentially 'boil') the water; but, dont 'overheat' your shop vac. as there will be little to no air flow going through the shop vac - which 'naturally cools' the motor. I'd not exceed 20-30 minutes (or less) at a time to prevent the motor from overheating. Once you get the water content at a constant level by the vacuum process, then you can air dry.

If you can apply TWO (or more) shop-vacs in series/tandem the affect will be greatly enhanced.

JVB · May 4, 2011

If you suspect that you really didn't get all the salt out then you could try the "Salt Away" product.

Available at West Marine in the boat trailer section or
http://search.defender.com/?expression=Salt Away

Winkfish · May 4, 2011

How big are the foam pieces? After soaking them in fresh water, can they fit into your tumble dryer? Or just take them to the dry cleaner to get dried out?

Ken Cross · May 4, 2011

Rinse again with mild detergent. Our boat had Dry-Z-Air fluid spilled on them. They would suck moisture out of the air that was supposed to be drying them. Perpetually wet in front of a fan. Then do as stated above.