Canvas Cleaning

[Greensmith]

Hi Guys,

I am new to this site, and am looking for a bit of advice.

I recently bought a bell tent from ebay. The main canvas has suffered considerable mildew damage, I have attached a link to some pictures.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wwysn6zsdajgf5d/AAA2HVpjq9u8FLqs7dE5Lf0Ka

I have contacted some cleaning companies, and some of them are quotes are a bit silly, I could buy a new bell tent for the amount quoted!

I have a free weekend and am going to attempt to clean the canvas myself, what would be the best course of action?

Thank you

Michael

 

[ozzy1977]

Bucket of warm water, and a soft brush will shift a lot a gack in no time

 

[Twodogs]

Then loads of sunshine to kill it off

 

[mountainm]

Milton will kill it and help remove it - supposedly tea tree oil works well too (never tried it myself).

 

[Ruud]

Then loads of sunshine to kill it off

Good tip indeed, sunshine and water and some elbow-grease is all you need

 

[Macaroon]

If you go to an equine supplies place and get yourself some Hibiscrub, 500ml for around a tenner, and dilute it at around ten to one it goes sort of soapy; do what's recommended above with brush and lukewarm water then
do the same again with the Hibiscrub and leave as long as possible in the sun for the UV to get to it.

The Hibiscrub is a really excellent anti microbial and anti fungal and will ensure that anything in the canvas is rendered harmless. Take the usual precautions about letting it run into watercourses all in one go, but it's pretty safe stuff, chlorhexadine (main ingredient) is used as skin cleanser and even mouthwash, so is not going to do much harm.

 

[Paul Webster]

As mentioned, milton diluted is good for stopping the mildew from spreading. If you get it up in the garden for a few dry days the sunlight will also help. I've used the fabsil universal cleaner on mine a few times and it's pretty good but I hate to say, I don't think you'll ever get the stains out. After all that you'll obviously have to reproof the whole thing, I use fabsil in a garden pump spray which seems to work pretty well

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