How to remove/clean my wind protection canvas rubbing against the chrome frame?

[zeseb]

I have 2 canvas on port and starboard sides of my boat to protect the cockpit from the wind.
They rub against the chrome metal frame with the wind, and I need to clean them.
They have some metal stains and I am wondering how to remove the metal stains properly?

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[JPA Cate]

If they're acrylic canvas (like Sunbrella), I wash mine in the washing machine at the marina. I have not had that particular problem, though, and you might be able to hose it off. If the fabric is chafing, that is a different problem, and sewing some chafe patches on the inside may help. [My experience here is that although you can glue patches on, if you want them to stay on, they need to be stitched in place.]

If the fabric is polyester, I would machine wash that as well.

However, if it is pvc, I would hand scrub it, even try scouring powder. If it is pvc, the actual problem may be different, though, the heat from the metal where it rubs may liberate the plasticizers more rapidly than the rest of the fabric. If they don't clean up that way, you can try a light rub with acetone, but basically, the stuff's on its way out.

I'm not sure how yours remove, perhaps have to slide it off the lifeline. Mine are all tied on. Yours might be velcroed, zipped, or simply slid on.

Good luck with it.

Ann