Lee, Think of this mattress as a giant sponge. Think about it long and hard. Imagine wring out this sponge. Think about drying it. Imagine yourself and your mate wringing out this VERY HEAVY soapy sponge. Consider carrying it to a place where it can be dried out, rinsed out, (it now weighs MANY pounds). Think about the multiple rinses, the many days of drying in the (hopefully no rain and dry days) sun. Then think about buying a new mattress. We successfully washed and rinsed out our double size foam mattress- unless it were very new, or there were no other choices - we would not do it again.
HOWEVER: If you have a large area, the ability to cover the mattress if needed and lots of (soft) fresh water - give it a try. A heavy roller (Big oxygen bottle?)would be helpful to squeeze out the rinsing water. A swimming pool might be a good place to wash it. It all depends. Put on your swim trunks and give it a go! Easy on the soap though. Philip On Sun, 2009-08-30 at 09:58 -0400, Lee Haefele wrote: > Can matress open cell foam be cleaned or rinsed? We know our bunk has had > salt water absorbed into it and would like to get it salt free. Can we > rinse it and sun dry it for several days? Should we use any soap or > detergent? > Lee Haefele _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
