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BiXLL
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carpet maint.

#1 Post by BiXLL » Wed Sep 07, 2011 5:02 am

I powerwashed my carpet right after bringing my toon home.(after purchase) There were bad green marks around the rear entry ladder/door area and under the table at rear seating lounge. It came off without much of a fight.

The first time we used the rear entry ladder after swimming, I am seeing green coming back to the area. Is there something I need to put down on the carpet to keep this from happening, is this a common occurrence? What can I do to eliminate this?
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#2 Post by lakerunner » Wed Sep 07, 2011 7:41 am

Goes with the territory.
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#3 Post by evinrude2stroke » Wed Sep 07, 2011 7:55 am

Not much you can do to prevent it. I get a nasty red mildew stain on the back of mine. I have to use Simple green & a wire brush. Kind of harsh but looks almost new when I'm done. I never thought about trying a power washer.
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#4 Post by Ron Burgundy » Wed Sep 07, 2011 7:58 am

BiXLL wrote: What can I do to eliminate this?

Vinyl flooring
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#5 Post by smlranger » Wed Sep 07, 2011 8:49 am

Yepper on the vinyl flooring. Best option for a toon, IMO. On the Sylvan boats, you can get carpet in the front 2/3 of the boat with vinyl at the rear near the swim ladder. I am sure others offer similar set up.
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#6 Post by BiXLL » Wed Sep 07, 2011 6:25 pm

smlranger wrote:Yepper on the vinyl flooring. Best option for a toon, IMO. On the Sylvan boats, you can get carpet in the front 2/3 of the boat with vinyl at the rear near the swim ladder. I am sure others offer similar set up.
I just may look into doing that myself next year, I don't think there is going to be a whole lot of swimming done for the remainder of this year.

I wonder if I just took off the mold from the top of the carpet and its still there under it on the wood, then when it gets wet it comes back up through?
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#7 Post by robster » Thu Sep 08, 2011 5:01 am

we use a wet vacum on the carpet at the end of the day to get up the water.
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