Why, certainly! It is very good in fact to immediately give a new boat cover extra protection. Why wait first until the cloth is dirty. Prevention is better than cure!
This is the reason that you also have to protect a new boat cover with a strong impregnating agent!
The fabric of your new boat cover is protected by the manufacturer. The fabric is treated with a coating that must protect the fabric against grime, fungus, green build-up and anything that may get on the fabric.
Unfortunately, UV radiation affects this coating quickly. In many cases, the protection disappears completely after 1 sailing season. (This is the reason that your boat cover may already be dirty after 1 season due to green build-up, rain streaks, etc.)
This is how you protect the new boat cover
- Protect your new boat cover immediately with a strong impregnating agent. In this way, you give the fabric and the original coating extra protection
- Then clean the boat cover once a month with lukewarm water and a soft brush. This means that grime attaches less quickly to the fabric.
- Impregnate your boat cover at least once a year with a strong impregnating agent. This keeps the fabric clean for longer.
TIP
People often spend a lot of money cleaning a boat cover. Because the grime is so deep and trapped in the fabric. Sometimes people buy a new boat cover, because the old one is so dirty and worn out. You can use that money better by protecting it more often.
- Your boat cover stays clean longer. This is nicer to look at.
- Your boat cover will last longer. The coating will not wear as quickly.