What Ben said... You can prop them up against the boom sorta kind and the water will run out faster.. try woolite in the water... do NOT use bleach.. it will cause the foam to disintergrate.. A freind told me she poured febreeze into her final rinse water.. I have NO idea if this helps in an ongoing manner but thought I would pass it on.. YMMV..
Ben, I did and do it at the marina on the dock and wash my orientals by had with woolite. Had a powerboat princess nearly faint in shock that I would wash an 'expensive oriental rug' with my hose and woolite and my fingers.. reminded her that the natives toss thiese puppies on the sand then roll them up and put them on camels for transport.. it shocked her further. poor thing.. some people never live in the real world. Imagine if she went to a market in Central America.. lmao. On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Ben Okopnik <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 09:58:29AM -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? > > I've always washed my cushions by laying them out on deck, soaking them > with fresh water [1], pouring on a little dish soap, and then stomping > the living heck out of them. It's good exercise, kinda like dancing. :) > > If you've never done this before, you'll be amazed (and possibly > revolted) to see the kind of dirt that comes out of them. If you have > white decks, you'll be able to tell when the cushions are squeaky clean, > too. Drying them is easy: just leave them out on deck, and flip them > about once a day. In two to three days of summer sun, they'll be nice > and dry (the weight while you're flipping them will tell you when > they're done.) Just hope it doesn't rain during that time... > > It would be nice to do this at the dock, where the fresh water is > plentiful - I'd say that it takes me about 10-15 gallons to do all the > cushions on the boat - but the sight of a big guy aggressively stomping > around on the foredeck would probably have the marina dwellers calling > the authorities in a panic. Actually, I've done it once, but I prefer to > do it in the "privacy" of an anchorage, where only the other crazies, > um, I mean FULL-TIME CRUISERS can see me doing this. They'll > *understand*. :) > > > [1] Except in the case where the cushions got really disgusting - i.e., > mold and mildew and such - in which case I just flushed and flushed them > with salt water until they were clean, then flushed them again, twice, > with fresh. > > -- > * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * > http://LinuxGazette.NET<http://linuxgazette.net/>* > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- IMPORTANT: This email is intended for the use of the individual addressee(s) named above and may contain information that is confidential, privileged or unsuitable for overly sensitive persons with low self-esteem, no sense of humour or irrational religious beliefs. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is not authorised (either explicitly or implicitly) and constitutes an irritating social faux pas. No animals were harmed in the transmission of this email, although the Yorkshire terrier next door is living on borrowed time, let me tell you. Those of you with an overwhelming fear of the unknown will be gratified to learn that there is no hidden message revealed by reading this warning backwards, however, by pouring a complete circle of salt around yourself and your computer you can ensure that no harm befalls you and your pets. If you have received this email in error, please add some nutmeg and egg whites, whisk briefly and place it in a warm oven for 40 minutes. Let it stand for 2 hours before icing.
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