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itsshagger

14/4/2012 at 11:44am
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has any one had their awnings cleaned by Jeff Bowen awning cleaners . this is for my pennine pathfinder

Kelper

14/4/2012 at 11:47am
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Easier to do it yourself ... Isabella awning cleaner.

Kelper

14/4/2012 at 11:47am
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Easier to do it yourself ... Isabella awning cleaner.

josey60

14/4/2012 at 3:14pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Kelper on 14/4/2012
Easier to do it yourself ... Isabella awning cleaner.

We once bought some canvas cleaner ( not isabella ),it was supposed to be made for cleaning canvas,we followed the instructions to the letter and it bleached the canvas,has luck had it it was only an old trailer tent,we would have been annoyed if it had been a decent trailer tent.

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Rachieb

25/1/2013 at 2:30pm
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Our awning needs a good spring clean !

it has mud / grass stains and also a bit of rust spot round the zips :(

is this Isabella stuff the best thing to use ??

JK98

26/1/2013 at 1:56am
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The only cleaning stuff I've ever used is Grangers Tent Clean which is fantastic on cotton canvas - no colour fade & it cleans it really well. It comes in a very small bottle, but dilutes enough to clean at least three awnings.

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Kelper

26/1/2013 at 2:06pm
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The Isabella 'stuff' did a very good job for us ... lots of leaf green staining and rain runs ... it came up as new.

Rachieb

27/1/2013 at 5:43pm
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fab thank you

GCMS2012

27/1/2013 at 7:34pm
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Hi all, not wanting to jump in here but, we have both a full size and porch awning to go with our van but they both feel 'stiff and crispy'?

Would a clean and reproofing help?

GCMS2012

27/1/2013 at 8:11pm
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We tried them out, and this is what they look like....

[IMG]http://i686.photobucket.com/albums/vv225/Goldfinger_photos/IMAG0393-1_zpse16c7a59.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i686.photobucket.com/albums/vv225/Goldfinger_photos/IMAG0389-1_zpsf3df771a.jpg[/IMG]

Porch looks 'bleached'

[IMG]http://i686.photobucket.com/albums/vv225/Goldfinger_photos/IMAG0771_zps066cc424.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i686.photobucket.com/albums/vv225/Goldfinger_photos/IMAG0770_zps025a9b83.jpg[/IMG]

Kelper

27/1/2013 at 11:25pm
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You are pasting the wrong info from photobucket ... try an alternative to get the pics ..

macquatic

28/1/2013 at 9:44am
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Nothing better to do, so here are the pics.
No 1
No 2
The bleached looking ones.
No 3
No 4

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GCMS2012

28/1/2013 at 10:06pm
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I'll get it right one of these days on how to post pics here.

I'll re-read the thread on how to do it......

alienbabe

30/1/2013 at 11:44am
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Cleaned our 2010 Conway Countryman with Isabella cleaner last year and reproofed with Isabella product - terrible problems with leakage last year, not just at seams. Isabella, though still selling Alpha 123 cleaner for awning canvas state on a different page that 'FIRSTLY, DETERGENT OR CLEANING AGENTS MUST NOT BE USED' - do be careful as we were very lucky not to have any permanent damage to bedding etc.

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