f1steveuk Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 We have one of the exterior mounted, wind out sun shades, which, in the course of a year, gets rained on, then is in brilliant, hot sunshine. Because of this, they have a tendency to get a bit "green" and mildewey. What's the best way of restoring/cleaning these? Long term. I'm going to have it retract into a box, with the edge, fabric valence, being replaced with an MDF version, that will form the front of the box when retracted, but in the meantime, a good clean, hopefully without taking it down. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 I have the same problem apart from the brilliant sunshine bit [:D] so would be interested to hear how you get on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f1steveuk Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 Currently being told a mixture of water, liquid detergent and Borax, mixed (no bubbles) soaked in for twenty minutes, but I am hoping somebody has somthing better than hearsay!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 My brain is a bit slow to react, I did in fact clean mine at the beginning of this season, hot water, biological washing powder and a scrubbing brush did the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Ours is 5m long by 3m deep and I didn't have to clean because it retracts to under the eves of the house. But although the material is fine the stitching was starting to give up the ghost. So I took it down, restitched it (good game, good game!!) and reversed it to put back up again. It's very rare it's out more than 1/2 way so now we have what looks like a new one [8-|] Plus, if it gets wet it's left out to dry thoroughly before it's wound in again.There's a caravan type awning edge to them, top and bottom. That's where they slide into an aluminium channel. To take one down all you do is to wind it out as far as it will go, take the end caps off one end and slide it out. There is no tension on the roller, it's all done by the springs in the arms so nowt to worry about there. So, unless it's huge like ours it would probably go into a washing machine?How big is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f1steveuk Posted March 1, 2016 Author Share Posted March 1, 2016 Ours is about the same, 5 x 3, so I'm going to try the mix I have been given, as of course, it's the only less than the first half metre that gets really horrible, and I think I can get to hat off a ladder. We shall see!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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