Canvas Cleaning?!

[Chaucers Closet]

Hello guys. Have just taken my tent out the shed to get it ready for an event this weekend. And found a bloody great hole in the roof where it must of been leaking for some time as my tent is soaked right through. Fortunetly its not rotten but its an unhealthy black colour in places with lots of mildew and mold. Does anyone have any tips for cleaning it?

Cheers.

[steven pole]

Hi there.
First I would kill the mildew with white vinegar and scub it with it too. Next I would use a solution of a product called OXI to remove the stain a bit more if not completely. Give it a good rince with warm water after. I've used this on many canvas bags that have got dirty and have had mildew.
best regards
Steven Pole

[m. demetrius]

Panther Primitives (US tent manufacturer) recommends diluted bottled lemon juice to kill the mildew, but white vinegar should work also. Bad luck on the tent. That's a bother, and the mildew is gradually digesting the cloth. Whatsoever thing ye do, do thou quickly.

[matilda]

When we got our tent, it had been left at the bottom of the garden and had rotted through in a couple of places and was badly mildew stained in others.

I scrubbed it while it was up, fortunately the bad patches were reachable, with vanish oxi action and then once dry and patched, I stuck patches on on the inside with copydex and then sewed around the edges of the patch to hold it more securely, We coated it with fabsil. That was around 6 years ago and the patches are beginning to need regluing.

We never got rid of the stains though.

Denise

[Kernow Levy]

Do any of the above remadies affect coloured canvas (in this case yellow and black), if so, any suggestions for coloured canvas?