Boat cover water repellant

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pontchartraintoon
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Boat cover water repellant

#1 Post by pontchartraintoon » Mon Jul 09, 2012 5:52 am

I cleaned and sprayed my boat cover today with water repellant spray from Walmart. On top of making it look a little more like the origianal color, the rain beaded off like crazy when it rained. I will probably give it one more coat tonite if it is dry since the cover was so needy. I used three cans to do my 21 foot.....By the way, you might consider wearing a shirt when you spray. My chest was also water repellant by the time I was done! :donno
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Re: Boat cover water repellant

#2 Post by BobG » Mon Jul 09, 2012 9:27 am

pontchartraintoon wrote:I will probably give it one more coat tonite if it is dry since the cover was so needy.
Did you READ the cans? :rofl
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Re: Boat cover water repellant

#3 Post by pontchartraintoon » Mon Jul 09, 2012 10:08 am

Touche'. If one is good, surely, more must be better. Similar to beer. :drink :drink :drink

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#4 Post by DonCabo » Mon Jul 09, 2012 10:14 am

Good tip. I will have to buy some myself! Thanks for sharing.

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Re: Boat cover water repellant

#5 Post by Drago » Mon Jul 09, 2012 2:23 pm

Does it say anything about UV protection. I've been using 303 Fabric Guard which is rather expensive ($54/gal).
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Re: Boat cover water repellant

#6 Post by robster » Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:28 am

I spray this Star Brite water proofing on our cover in the Fall and Spring it's cheaper than 303.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003CYTOAI/?ta ... B003CYTOAI
West Marine also sells it and our Wal Mart has it too.
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Re: Boat cover water repellant

#7 Post by Bamaman » Tue Jul 10, 2012 2:53 pm

I also use 303 Fabric Guard on the convertible top on my car.

The manufacturer wholeheartedly recommends the stuff, and it's supposedly good for 3 years or so.
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