Cleaning Pontoon Boat Seats?

Cajun

May 31, 20110 found this helpful

You might test cleaning an inconspicuous area with mineral spirits or mineral oil. Use a soft, terry towel, or wash cloth dampened with mineral spirits.

Tree sap can also be removed by using a water-soluble paint brush cleaner. A common household solution is bacon grease or lard. Just rub it on, and off comes the sap. To get tree sap off of your hands, simply rub mayonnaise on them and wash it off. To remove tree sap and other substances, you can use common solvents like lighter fluid, rubbing alcohol, WD-40 or even Skin-So-Soft bath oil.

The way to use those materials is to let them do their work of dissolving (in the case of alcohol) or softening (in the case of oils), enough to rub off the remaining sap. If you use the oil, wash the vinyl afterward.

Kathy L

May 31, 20110 found this helpful

Thanks Cajun for the suggestions! In fact, my husband mentioned about WD-40 right after I posted this question to the forum. He said it works wonders on lots of things. I will give some of the ideas a try and give my feedback on what worked the best.

Thanks again!

Suntydt
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May 31, 20110 found this helpful

You may check an auto parts store in your area. When I worked in Pep Boys we had a cleaning solution for sale that was designed for cleaning sap and was recommended for vinyl roofs. Sorry I don't remember what it was called but I do remember a customer praising the heck out of it one day.

Now that I'm thinking about it the name may have been Tar and Sap Remover.

eileen

June 1, 20111 found this helpful

Try Goo Gone. Peanut butter takes gum out of hair, you could try that!

Marg
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June 2, 20110 found this helpful

You'll be very surprised and pleased with Mr Clean magic Erasers!