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Washing your cushions will make them last

By December 22, 2015 No Comments

I have now had my new cushions for an entire year and in order to get the most life out of them I want to take care of them. That means washing them, but you have to be careful not to ruin the thing you are trying to protect. The first thing I did was take the covers off and mark them and the foam inside so I would know which one goes with which one. Next I used a washing machine at the local laundromat. The key here is not to dry them!!!!! If you do they will shrink and you are done. Instead I took them back to the boat and put them back on the foam while they were still wet and left them up and out so they could dry over night. 

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Once they were dry the next day I sprayed each of them with 303 fabric guard from Sunbrella (the manufacturer of the fabric the cushions are made with) and let this dry also. With all this work I hope they still look as good next year as they did this year.

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