Cleaner for Clear Vinyl Windows in Boat Canvas

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Cleaner for Clear Vinyl Windows in Boat Canvas

Postby njjwil255 » Wed May 26, 2021 6:47 pm

[Inferred question:
What is a proper cleaner for the clear material used for the OEM cockpit curtains of a 2011 255 CONQUEST?]

BACK STORY: On my 2011 255 CONQUEST the [cockpit canvas] curtains are original and look like they were never used. I was told to never get boat soap on the clear section [of the cockpit canvas] because [the boat soap] will cloud [the clear section] and [seeing through the clear will become] difficult I I also have a vinyl cleaner that I use, but not every time I use the boat.

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Re: Cleaner for Clear Vinyl Windows in Boat Canvas

Postby Jloutrage » Thu May 27, 2021 10:35 am

You shouldn’t use any product with ammonia in it, such as WINDEX, [to clean the clear vinyl windows in boat canvas].

I’ve always used PLEXUS. PLEXUS works really well and won’t harm the [clear window section of the boat canvas].

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Re: Cleaner for Clear Vinyl Windows in Boat Canvas

Postby jimh » Thu May 27, 2021 10:53 am

Does "PLEXUS" mean PLEXUS–Plastic Cleaner Protectant & Polish, as sold, for example, at WEST MARINE:

https://www.westmarine.com/plexus

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Re: Cleaner for Clear Vinyl Windows in Boat Canvas

Postby jimh » Thu May 27, 2021 11:29 am

Re advice about the effect of "boat soap" on clear vinyl boat canvas windows: I don't think "boat soap" defines any particular soap or detergent product. There are many soaps or detergents sold for the purpose of washing a boat. The advice you received to not use "boat soap" seems vague and nonspecific.

The most reasonable inference regarding the term "boat soap" is perhaps to understand "boat soap" to mean a cleaner that will not strip off wax, and has good properties for wetting and drying without a residue.

The product 3M Multi-purpose Boat Soap data sheet mentions use of the product on windows of glass or plastic. Compare at

https://multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/158 ... t-soap.pdf

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Re: Cleaner for Clear Vinyl Windows in Boat Canvas

Postby porthole » Sun May 30, 2021 4:54 pm

jimh wrote:Does "PLEXUS" mean PLEXUS–Plastic Cleaner Protectant & Polish, as sold, for example, at WEST MARINE:

https://www.westmarine.com/plexus



This is the product. I have used it for many years on boat isinglass, the windshields on my Whalers ad motorcycle windshields and helmet visors.

It is pricey, but it works.
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