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On The KingstonWaterfront
Boy Oh Boy, AWETTER Spring
I CAN’T REMEMBER!
For those of you who still have vinylboat tops,
bayliner used that for years . If you are interested,
i can still get vinyl for those of you who may
just want to replace the bimini, which usually
goes first. I also can get white vinyl or off white.
These are usually backed with a gray denim. Vinyl
is made with oil during production, when the oil
sometimes leaks from vinyl.
Vinyl is hard to keep looking new, however
there is a product you can buy in the hardware
store, called spray nine.
Customers were telling me how white their tops
areagain. If one person in a marina uses it then
others in the marina will want to tr y whatever
that was that got so the top so clean. Well,in
a year or two the tops were turning crispy and
some were peeling like a bad sunburn.
The moral of this stor y is, if it doesnt come
clean with good old ivor y and warm water,
leave it be!
Tattletail gray lasts alot longer then snow
white.
Would you all like to hear about our
adventures on our 53ft elco, a ghost on board
and all.
Whoops, i’ve run out of space, if you want
to know what happened, just say yes on my
email.
Sallyjeanwahrer@yahoo.Com.Sallie’s Boat Tops